She hesitates, lurching backward and stumbling. She doesn't run, because a blind run when she doesn't remember what her surroundings look like feels like a bad idea. Which is how Eiji now has Chihiro trying to keep very calm and walking with big lifts of her feet toward where she thinks he's calling out from. Her arms are held out to her sides so she can keep her balance, brow furrowed as she concentrates on the way her feet feel as they touch ground and she hopes there's nothing planted right in her way.

Honestly, with all the smells and sounds, she can't tell if something really is burning too close to her, or if this might be part of what Eiji had mentioned before about not being okay with fireworks. She's also not trying to figure that out yet, instead steadily trudging forward.