He did not look around once.
I stared at Lop-Ear, and he stared back.

We understood each other.
Immediately, and with great caution and quietness, we began climbing up the cliff.

When we reached the top we looked back.

The abiding-place was deserted, Red-Eye remained in his cave, and the horde had disappeared in the depths of the forest.
We turned and ran.

We dashed across the open spaces and down the slopes unmindful of possible snakes in the grass, until we reached the woods.
Up into the trees we went, and on and on, swinging our arboreal flight until we had put miles between us and the caves.