[No arguments meant no reason to turn back and lecture her further, so Gilgamesh doesn't. He trusts that she will pick up the pace, that her stubbornness will keep her afloat, and that he needn't coddle her, which would surely have earned him an earful anyway. In a sense, he treats her exactly as she desires: with minimal contact and no apparent concern whatsoever.
So they walk. They walk and they walk and they walk for quite some time in the dreary expanse of jungle, until they reach a strange clearing. At one end, there's a giant hole in the ground, shaped like a footprint of some sort. At the other, there's the broken shell of what appears to be a submarine. Gilgamesh senses no threat from either, but without realizing it, he takes a protective stance in front of Saber.]
I will go and look.
[He expands his prana as much as he's able in his condition, and nothing alerts him as amiss... but with Saber so weak, he's not taking chances.]
Stay here a moment. I will call for you once I ascertain the situation.
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So they walk. They walk and they walk and they walk for quite some time in the dreary expanse of jungle, until they reach a strange clearing. At one end, there's a giant hole in the ground, shaped like a footprint of some sort. At the other, there's the broken shell of what appears to be a submarine. Gilgamesh senses no threat from either, but without realizing it, he takes a protective stance in front of Saber.]
I will go and look.
[He expands his prana as much as he's able in his condition, and nothing alerts him as amiss... but with Saber so weak, he's not taking chances.]
Stay here a moment. I will call for you once I ascertain the situation.