Ash planted her feet as firm as she could, but it didn't amount to anything as it slid from her hands, a knot on the end scraping through the tender surface skin and she gasped looking at her hands for a moment as Hal did his victory march. When he took off running, however, Ash's eyes shot back up to him just in time to see the bottoms of his rear paws. "OI. NO! Where are you going?!" And with that, she could do little more than give chase.