The returned smile makes him laugh, thrusting out the water satchel and shaking his head.

"Throwing water in people's faces? No, most of us affected aren't crossing paths with me. I'm seeing plenty of animals. Their numbers are understandably greater."

Compared to the people he's been looking for but found difficult to trace in all the forest's gloom and strangeness.

"How aware of yourself are you during the hunt's hold?"