Tae watches, impassively and makes no effort to assist.

She had stalked the alchemist here. He wasn't the sharpest cactus in all the sands, and so he made an easy practice-prey for the ghostly-girl and her canine companion. They had followed in his hoof-tracks, keeping just out of sight. And, if Tae thought that perhaps he was onto them, she would use her magic to rattle some bones in the opposite direction of where she was, to hopefully catch and distract his attention. It appeared to have worked, for he never called out the girl or her companion on their added presence to ... well, whatever it was he was doing.

As he began to shout for his mother, Tae immediately drew herself up, slowing drastically and keeping low. Her pale gaze searched the underbrush and the surrounding fauna to try and discern where this mother was. Her nose quivered, and through her bone, she could tell that Mal's nose was quivering too, trying to pick up the scent of another. The black wolf shook his head, indicating that he - with his far superior sense of smell - found nothing.

Curiouser and curiouser.. The girl thought, and began to slowly stalk ahead once more.

Despite her attempts to appear cool, calm, and collected, when the hands come, attached to their slender far too upright bodies, Tae's magic takes hold and her body seems to vanish into a wisp of smoke. She stands like a ghost, limbs sprawled and wings slightly out of from ribs as if she means to fly away from whatever madness has currently grasped the gelding. But she doesn't fly away, instead she peers forward, deciding that the creatures below are far more intent on Badger than on her. 

While her Father might consider everyone in the Throat to be a part of the family, Tae .. has other thoughts. Besides, last time she charged towards danger (and that was to save her brother), her Mother had all but disowned her, and grounded her in the Throat. No, no ... whatever was happening to the gelding, he would have to endure it on his own.

As Badger disappeared, Tae audibly gasps. That ... wasn't expected. She hadn't expected anything other than a minor altercation to ensure. After all, Badger was much larger than the weird hand-things which had appeared. Surely he could have fought them? Though if they had the ability to transport him ... well ... perhaps not then.

"Come on." Tae whispered in a hush voice to Mal as she turned on her heels. "We've got to tell Father."

And with that, the ghostly girl and the wolf disappeared back into the brush.