[While Frieda busies herself with ruminating over the people - or lack thereof - Hanako observes. The signs of inhabitance are fairly fresh, which logic would dictate should mean someone is here…

He bends down, tracing the shape of one of the reptilian footprints with a finger.]

It might even be a case of shyness. Or nobody is here, and they didn’t plan on leaving, but something forced them out- [Though the lack of anything terrifying on the way here, unless those reptiles were afraid of ducks, proves that point moot.] -or…

[The boy trails off, standing up with a slight frown on his face.]