[The barks reach him before they do her because Tifa sees his ears twitch in response to them before she hears them coming closer.
Without letting go of his hand, she whips around to see where it might be coming from, but with how surrounded by trees they are, she'll leave it up to him to follow the sound and lead the way. It's a set of three resounding barks, Tifa recognizing them as Valo, Bri, and Idris, with Melody still mysteriously missing from them, and Valo's is the one that's moving ever closer to meet them.
And he'll leap out of the shadows when they enter the treeline, and upon seeing Eustace—]
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Without letting go of his hand, she whips around to see where it might be coming from, but with how surrounded by trees they are, she'll leave it up to him to follow the sound and lead the way. It's a set of three resounding barks, Tifa recognizing them as Valo, Bri, and Idris, with Melody still mysteriously missing from them, and Valo's is the one that's moving ever closer to meet them.
And he'll leap out of the shadows when they enter the treeline, and upon seeing Eustace—]
Valo, it's okay.
[—he whines.]