The Soldier may be panicking a little bit. Handler Misty is not at her house. Handler Misty is not at the Invincible. Nor is Handler Misty at any of the other houses, anywhere near the remains of the feast, or the church or general store. If something happened to her while the Soldier was getting everyone else they could get their hands on to safety, first, they will never forgive themselves.
The library is the next place on their list to check. It's brighter inside than anticipated, which means someone is there, but they're too worried to immediately assume it's the person they're looking for. Their own lantern has been shuttered except when checking the ground or inside buildings for sleepers, working off of bonfire, moonlight, and remaining torches, and it looks like they don't need it in here.
Their senses are on high alert, like always in this mess, but teleportation isn't something they're aware Misty can do. So when the sudden sound of breathing and a heartbeat behind them that wasn't there before gets a spin and a gun aimed for said heartbeat. Thankfully, it's just a defensive instinct rather than actual desire to kill-- the spirits don't sound like humans, so unless it's a hallucination, it's not a spirit, and it would rather not waste bullets on potential friendlies-- so there's no trigger-pulling. But Misty still will find a gun in her face for a second or two, there, and behind it the wide-eyed face of her Soldier.
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The library is the next place on their list to check. It's brighter inside than anticipated, which means someone is there, but they're too worried to immediately assume it's the person they're looking for. Their own lantern has been shuttered except when checking the ground or inside buildings for sleepers, working off of bonfire, moonlight, and remaining torches, and it looks like they don't need it in here.
Their senses are on high alert, like always in this mess, but teleportation isn't something they're aware Misty can do. So when the sudden sound of breathing and a heartbeat behind them that wasn't there before gets a spin and a gun aimed for said heartbeat. Thankfully, it's just a defensive instinct rather than actual desire to kill-- the spirits don't sound like humans, so unless it's a hallucination, it's not a spirit, and it would rather not waste bullets on potential friendlies-- so there's no trigger-pulling. But Misty still will find a gun in her face for a second or two, there, and behind it the wide-eyed face of her Soldier.