[ in reality, though, tsurumaru has no problem just stabbing it — but if he tells shion in advance that he'd prefer to refrain from doing so, then wouldn't he be surprised later on? it's the best kind of surprise!

but for now, he looks back at the monster, and like shion said, it doesn't look as if it can see with its nonexistent eyes. there are a lot of other complex words that tsuru hears (echolocation? what's that??), but he understands what he needs to — the hiding bit. definitely the hiding bit and he nods. ]

We could try to find some kind of narrow hallway, that's big enough for us to run through, but small enough so that it can't follow us.

[ because he's sure that if they met some kind of dead end, they'd certainly end up eaten... ]