Ah... [Her face falls a little because oh god, what if she did find her way out already? That sounds exactly like her kind of luck.] W-well, at least she would be safe, right? Maybe she could come back and find us instead.

[And Ao, rather than biting, reaches her little paws out to grasp Hibiki's finger once it's offered. There's something that's almost like a shake, but rather than let go the squirrel leaps from Yona's shoulder to scurry up Hibiki's arm, taking up a new perch on his shoulder while Yona hides a laugh behind her hand.

That's a good sign. Shin-Ah had said once that Ao was a good judge of kind hearts, and she'd found that to be very true.]

I think she likes you.