"Yeah, right," she says incredulously. He isn't fooling anyone, but she can't help but feel trepidation anyway. "If you're not gonna chase after it, I will."

The doll has stopped briefly to taunt them, then darted behind a tree... and seemingly disappeared, Irhya finds as she investigates the area. But, as she finds a hollow in the tree, perhaps not as thoroughly vanished as they think.

"I need to borrow your height. I think it went into this hollow." She gestures to the smaller opening at the bottom and then the larger one higher up. "Can't reach it."