Suddenly there was a lot of threatening growling around them, wolfhounds on alert and sizing up the wolves, which Val stopped with a waved hand. The look she gave him, however, was on par with their surroundings and she stood up on her own. While it was smart to be alert, his ways of testing lacked... a great many things. She marched past him and further into the forest to follow the trail of the Elves, he was on his own to keep up with her and hounds.