Kaneo leapt backwards at her outburst, his wings reflexively lifting him a few feet off the ground before landing. Confusion crossed his face - obviously Ne'friss did not know the customs of the Yoreiqi. He supposed he should have expected this...
As Kaneo deliberated over his next action, he noticed the girl sinking to the ground, all of her energy apparently having been exerted. Concerned, he stepped towards her, reaching out a hand, as she sank to the ground, unconscious. Kaneo knelt next to her, checking for breath - Ne'friss was alive. This at least was good, considering what she had been through this morning, but Kaneo had no idea how he was going to get this girl to Ainu. He was beginning to grow hungry - spirits knew how long it had been since she had eaten - but he could not leave Ne'friss alone on the beach.
Kaneo turned the girl onto her back, and rested her head against the root of a tree at the edge of the jungle. As he deftly prepared to cook the animals he had killed on the morning's hunt - he had no other choice, under the circumstances - he was able to look properly at Ne'friss, and noticed that whilst she still looked strange and foreign to him, the girl was stunningly beautiful. Perhaps later, when she was stronger and more awake...
No! Kaneo chided himself for these thoughts - his responsibility at the moment was ensuring that Ne'friss survived and reached Ainu safely, and he was not going to take advantage of her stressed, weakened mind. Shaking his head, the hunter returned to preparing food, and gathering water from a nearby jungle stream that ran into the ocean.