[ cool ok. lu bixing watches the other two and like closes his eye for a long moment at the realization that itto likely only has the stick because its the one he was impaled with. he summons the patience of a teacher and resumes his investigation.

also it's hard to tell the size but are they similar like - in gait? were they walking next to each other or are they spaced far apart vertically and/or horizontally? also you didn't answer my where did they go question. :(

was there anything under the cloak? does any of the sand look like it was disturbed to the point that something could've been hidden?

once he's done with that he'll take a quick look down the beach to make sure there's nothing else in the other direction (the opposite way that itto's going) down to the end of the beach! he'll move his camera thataway too and use the zoom function to make sure we're not missing some piece of incredibly relevant things (arms) sticking out of the sand (are there more arms)

and then heading back to gideon. ]

Okay, okay. Let's be nice to the animals. You attract more flies with honey than you do with vinegar, you know... [ jesus. ] I'm not sure if he'll come in for us, since it's been impossible to get close to them this entire time.

[ he does wave, though...? ] Maybe he'll talk to Popcorn.