There was a small span of time before he heard hurried footsteps behind him. He groaned as he sped up a little, kind of hoping he'd lose her but not trying to look like that was his intention.
He kept looking around him, hoping to find signs of which direction he was going. But he kept getting himself confused on which side of the rocks the moss grew on and which direction the sun rose in. He began cursing himself for having no sense of direction as he continued forward. He only hoped he wasn't going further into the forest.