[It's like they say: keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your supposed friend-enemies that are the only familiar faces in a bizarre world (deeprealm?)... in a weird space in-between.
Takumi couldn't claim he wasn't still wary of the Nohrian princess and her claims that, as far as she was concerned, they were friends and allies, but he was at least familiar with how she fought and was able to keep at range to pick off anything nibbling at her heels while she went on a rampage. He just had to keep his guard up in case she decided to turn on him against her word.]
You keep leaving your flank open!
[The frustration in his voice sounded biting enough, but honestly half of it was from the frustration of having to draw his arrows from his quiver and the knowledge that - no matter how well-prepared he was - he risked having a limited number of shots before the beasts were all dead.]
I. Random Encounter, because apparently they're allies or something?
Takumi couldn't claim he wasn't still wary of the Nohrian princess and her claims that, as far as she was concerned, they were friends and allies, but he was at least familiar with how she fought and was able to keep at range to pick off anything nibbling at her heels while she went on a rampage. He just had to keep his guard up in case she decided to turn on him against her word.]
You keep leaving your flank open!
[The frustration in his voice sounded biting enough, but honestly half of it was from the frustration of having to draw his arrows from his quiver and the knowledge that - no matter how well-prepared he was - he risked having a limited number of shots before the beasts were all dead.]