Suddenly shoved & rudely poked, barreling towards them, pushing them aside - their stalking interrupted - these spirits: red-faces, labored breaths, strained expressions knocking them off stride…
…totally unclear & uncertain, between deep shadows and brilliant rays alternating, concealing & blinding, now lost themselves somewhere in this forest, they simply stop, lost in thoughts: something has happened! terrible! awful! what! what next?!
Straining to follow these intruder as they disappear - now shuffles from behind, cries and yells, grunts and moans as other figures appear - must have been following us! so much mischief in these woods! - they retreat further off to the side - newcomers pouring into the breach - omg!
In strange states one and all - here in the mists, in the midst of this tangle of paths - spirits in animated states - pulling out, pouring in, holding…