He knows he's not really one for faces or landmarks and that's an added bonus to having Kakashi there. His Rival will help him get home. Gai nods, starting to move forward again but stopping mid-step at the sound. They'd known they wouldn't be alone. He just wished he knew what all was down here.

"But then we will wind up with fifteen more dogs," Gai replies. That might not be the best topic, not with the one dog suddenly 'showing up' on the porch recently, but he can try to keep it light and joking. He gives Kakashi's hand another squeeze as he starts walking again, ready to transform at a moment's notice but wanting to be himself for a bit longer.

There's a branching and Gai looks at the various paths. "Whatever that was went right. There is a bad scent coming from the left, and several of the mushrooms are disturbed in the center route." He gestures. "That means that something big went that way." Kakashi would already know that, but they needed to be on the same page for certain. "The witches would not want something to smell that off, and they likely had to move equipment. Shall we take the center path?"