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>Ron: I was about two thirds of the way to the lake so it shouldn't take much longer to arrive at my destination. It's getting a lot darker though, and I estimate that the sun will completely set in the next hour or so. Either this world doesn't have a moon or it's a new moon because I can't see it anywhere in the sky so it will be pitch black once the sun goes down. Though I should get there in about ten minutes or so if I hurry.
>Ron: As I draw nearer to the site, I spot a light source glowing in the distance. Getting closer I can see that it's coming from a torch held aloft by someone who looks a lot like how my changed self looks like. This is probably what Bill meant by blending in with the locals, I guess. The one holding the torch looks like a female with a sword while the other one, while pretty effeminate, looks like a guy. He has a bow and arrows with him. I don't know if they're hostile or not so I take care to silently approach close enough so that I can listen in on their conversation. As I crouch behind the brushes, I can hear them talk.
>Sword Cat: "...the signal came in about two hours ago. Unless the human got knocked unconscious entering the lake, I doubt he's here anymore."
>Bow Cat: "I don't even know why they sent us out here when it was already so late. The monsters get really dangerous when night falls I heard..."
>Sword Cat: "Don't be such a pussy, Fretz, those monsters can't hurt us. Come on, let's go check out the beach area then we can go search that damn crystallized place afterwards."
>Fretz: "I don't know, Kali. My mother always told me not to-"
>Kali: "Gods almighty Fretz, you've just become a recognized ranger, and you're still going on about your mother! When are you going to grow up and start thinking for your own?"
>Kali: "Well I can't do this by myself so if you're so scared of the dark then we have no other choice but to hurry back to the village. But first thing in the morning, we're coming out here again to find our target. The people of this world cannot deal with another one of those damned humans, especially not after what happened the last time.
>Fretz: "Kali, I'm sorry..."
>Kali: "No matter. He probably couldn't have gotten very far. We can afford a night's rest, and tomorrow morning his head will hang. Besides, no human has ever managed to get very far the first few days anyways. I mean, who'd even help a despicable being like them? Now come, let's get home before night completely falls. It's a new moon out and your fear of monsters is getting to me, too."
The two catfolk walk off down the path nearest to them, presumably towards the aforementioned village that they were talking about. The light from their torch grows fainter by the second as the pair get farther away.
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