Ein was quickly learning that his stamina wasn't nearly what it was as a canine. He had been running pretty much all day, ever since the first of those strange things had attacked him. It was all he could do to stay close to Faye, his instinct to flee, flee, flee in any direction as long as it was far away so strong.

His breath ragged, Ein stumbled down the street, eyes darting back and forth frantically as he searched for a place to hide. All rational thought was gone, replaced by the basest animal instinct: run, hide, run, hide, stay alive. Perhaps if Ein were a bigger dog he would be more inclined to fight the strange creatures that smelled like nothing even though it's impossible to smell like nothing after all even "nothing" smells like something and he tried to explain the problem to Faye but she wasn't listening and oh God here comes another one!!!

With a frightened yelp, Ein stumbled and fell as one of the things stretched out its arm to impossible lengths in an attempt to catch him. He immediately sprang back to his feet and ran blindly for the nearest hiding place - a store that happened to have an open door. Without even looking behind to see where Faye was, Ein darted into the shop and made it about ten feet before slipping on the smooth floor and falling heavily on his side. Fortunately, he happened to fall near a rack of clothes remarkably similar to Faye's, and he quickly crawled beneath it.