They will be on the way back! [Siffrin concurs brightly. They've experienced the Downmoor more than enough times themself.]
[Their ear perks, and they snicker appreciatively - oh?? Another punster?? They're just opening their mouth to pun back outright when, for the flicker of a moment, their expression goes odd. (Are they still allowed to have puns be their thing? ...argh, no, later problem. They focus again. But they never did give Cedric a response pun...)]
[Siffrin's generally preferred hot to cold, particularly now as a cat-shaped Pokemon - but as the two of them wind further through the rocky crags, even they have to admit this is getting a bit much. Instinctively they want to pause to lick their fur, but that would require stopping, so for now they just resign themself to bearing it.]
[At least the heat also makes the probably-Furfrou's scent trail very prominent. At one point they cross a patch of (dried-out) dirt, and Siffrin notices some very faint impressions of dog-like pawprints. They lift their tail and indicate them - though perhaps Cedric's spotted those before they did?]
[As they pass the prints, a Slugma peers curiously out at them from a wide crack in the rocks. Maybe it makes sense to ask them if they saw someone pass by...?]
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[Their ear perks, and they snicker appreciatively - oh?? Another punster?? They're just opening their mouth to pun back outright when, for the flicker of a moment, their expression goes odd. (Are they still allowed to have puns be their thing? ...argh, no, later problem. They focus again. But they never did give Cedric a response pun...)]
[Siffrin's generally preferred hot to cold, particularly now as a cat-shaped Pokemon - but as the two of them wind further through the rocky crags, even they have to admit this is getting a bit much. Instinctively they want to pause to lick their fur, but that would require stopping, so for now they just resign themself to bearing it.]
[At least the heat also makes the probably-Furfrou's scent trail very prominent. At one point they cross a patch of (dried-out) dirt, and Siffrin notices some very faint impressions of dog-like pawprints. They lift their tail and indicate them - though perhaps Cedric's spotted those before they did?]
[As they pass the prints, a Slugma peers curiously out at them from a wide crack in the rocks. Maybe it makes sense to ask them if they saw someone pass by...?]