[Jitter bug]

The footsteps grew in volume as Thalea glanced behind her at the room, spotting several things she'd missed the first time but as the steps slowed then stopped outside the door she tensed, eyes widening as she saw it was a young man, about her age, holding a shotgun.

Her hand tightened on the knife as she scanned the room for another place to hide. If this person was trigger happy she'd be shot before a word could be spoken. A door leading into a storage area provided her with a place to hide until whoever was outside the door was deep enough into the room for her to run. Silently she made a dash for the door to the storage room but her eyes caught the things she'd missed the first time and she slowed without realizing... Just that canteen, and the bolts. She needed those bolts for her crossbow.