Private In Pursuit of Pursuit

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When Alby saw the cat, he took a second to actually register what was there. When he did, he shut his eyes tight and opened them again shortly after. The cat was still there, staring. Then Alby finally noticed Bastet for the first time. He eyed her for a moment, completely unsure of how to react to any of this. He raised an eyebrow and spoke quietly. "Do I know you?" He recognized her somehow but couldn't put a finger on where.

The man in the background was busy poking at a tree again, giving them a chance to chat without losing him.
 

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"Maybe you do, maybe you don't... But what are you doing?", Bastet was just too serious, and tried to keep her voice so low that anything else could muffle it. The black cat turned her eyes to Bastet for a moment, but then back to Alby, and soon to the man. Luckily, if anything, her serpent friend was already close enough to the man snare the man if anything.
 

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“Hmm.” Alby scratched his chin for a second, considering what Bastet said and trying his best to figure out where he remembered her from. Perhaps she just went to the academy and he’d passed her in the hall a few times.

Regardless of whether he did or didn’t know them from somewhere, he answered her question, we’ll sort of. “That depends. What are you doing here?”
 

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Bastet remained mostly silent, trying to focus on the target. "Maybe the same as you, investigating.", as she responded, her eyes briefly went to Alby. But another pause followed, as she couldn't let the mysterious man leave their sights. "Heard something about a suspicious man going into the forest, so decided to check it.", she explained.
 

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Alby was surprised by that at first, but in hindsight it made sense. "So you're here for the same reason I am." That seemed to assure Alby that this man had to be up to no good then. It was one thing for just him to find something suspicious, but as soon as two people thought the same thing, it had a much higher chance of being true.

Alby quickly glanced over to the man to make sure he was still there, then back to Baste. "Where'd you hear that, do you know anything about what this guy's doing?"

The man continued examining the tree in the background, beginning to analyze the surrounding forest's floor.
 

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"I was at the store buying some snacks and heard someone says of a strange man going into the forest. So, why not investigate?", Bastet shrugged and trained her eyes on the suspicious man. At this time, the man was dangerously close to spotting the serpent, but Bastet's friend was keen as to avoid his eyes.
 

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“Huh. Guess I’m not the only one who thought this was suspicious then.” Alby’s eyes followed the man as he shrugged something off and moved on from examining the ground around the tree.

“Looks like I need to get a move on, but feel free to tag along if you’d like. As long as you can keep up.” Alby chuckles a little as he stumbled not so elegantly onward through the brush.
 

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The black cat watched him stumble and gave a low meow in response, that seemed more like she was questioning if he was ok. Bastet however swallowed a laugh before it could come out, before continuing to pursue the man in silence like she had been all this time.
 

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Alby would have loved to have had some sort of aerial view or just some sign of how close they were getting to the forbidden forest. It seemed like they had walked pretty far but it was impossible to know for certain where they were. He glanced toward Bastet for a moment, considering asking her, but decided to just keep following the man for now.

The suspicious man stopped very suddenly. He took no time in dropping down to inspect something. Alby couldn’t see what was happening, so he resorted to carefully trying to get closer.
 

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Bastet was equally curious about what the man was doing, so she slowly crept closer, being careful with even thin branches and dried leaves that may lay around. And she even had a help at that, as something swimming in the air around her ankles lowered to gently push some that she had been close to stepping on away from her shoes. More serpents? Yep, this time woven out of air. And from the looks of it, these are ones she had full control over.
 
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