Yuffie doesn't notice the pause, more focused on running through the different options in her mind. At least she could be sure there wasn't a huge epidemic of dying in the village, but that wasn't always the worse case scenario.

At Aerith's question, Yuffie looks back up at the mountain. "Not usually..." she trails off as she remembers that her town isn't like she is. They weren't willing to put up the fight like they used to. One defeat, and they rolled over to show their bellies. Her eyebrows come down into a glare as she thinks about it, then she crosses her arms as she stares really hard at Da Chao.

"I mean, even when Geostigma was making lots of people sick, nobody ran away. Maybe they didn't have a scapegoat this time and figured they needed a new plan." Yuffie is a little bitter after her town assumed she'd brought a sickness to them, but she shakes herself out of the feeling.

"Nah, there would have been a pretty big ruckus if everyone stampeded out of here, but nothing looks disturbed." She looks down at the ground as she speaks, not able to see any fresh trails to indicate a large group of people coming through recently.