*is keeping pace with you, though widening the gulf between you and he* *his bewilderment clear, even in his shout* No! Where the fuck did she get to?
*and though his throat is dry, with the fear (is this what it is like to lose?), manages to bark out* How well do you know this (your) land, Turco? (*and dearly hopes that the recent earthquake might have thrown up a solid stone wall to trap Lily, even though he thinks he knows that earthquakes don't work like that*)