>Keep up!
> You keep up as best as you can, but even as fast as you can run Sayane is soon out of sight, and you wind up following the sound of her footsteps. The ground slopes again; seeing as you are currently barefoot, you have a bit of trouble running down the hill without getting scrapes on your feet.
> Eventually, you find yourself among trees tall enough to block out the sky; it's dark here, and there is no sound but the cries of the cicadas.
> _