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[bindingeagle]

Isep gave her a sideways look. "Are you feeling all right, honey?"

 

[celestialdragon]

"Yeah, I'm just hungry," Al'ika said, smiling warmly. "I'm fine."

 

[bindingeagle]

Everyone else ate quickly as well, and once they had oriented themselves in the dark, they dismantled camp and headed off through the backwoods, avoiding obvious trails.

 

[celestialdragon]

Al'ika trudged on, having to summon her walking stick so she could travel.

 

[bindingeagle]

Once the moon had peaked, they took a break at a stream to collect fresh water. Keth volunteered to take point for a bit.

 

[celestialdragon]

Al'ika walked along behind Keth, sipping on her water from her canteen.

 

[bindingeagle]

Keth stopped about three miles later, looking at the ground. "Lots of human tracks," he said, pointing down.

 

[celestialdragon]

Al'ika nodded and felt the earth. "They're a bit fresher than makes me comfortable, I'd say five hours old," she reported. She nodded into the forest. "We have to go off trail. Completely."

 

[bindingeagle]

Everyone hurried off to the side. Isep and Flish decided to go out and scout for the source, so they could know what they were up against.

 

[celestialdragon]

Al'ika waited next to Keth, on edge.

 

[bindingeagle]

the scout patrol returned. "Interesting turn of events, Vagnor isn't working for Ashglow," he said. "Silverblade is raising an army to go against him."

 

[celestialdragon]

"That is interesting. What else did you dig up?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"The patrol is on the way back to the city. If we stay behind it we should be fine," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

Al'ika nodded. "How far ahead are they?" she asked.

 

[bindingeagle]

"About two miles," he said. "They were talking about some ritual that needed two catalysts ore some shit."

 

[celestialdragon]

"Catalysts?" Al'ika frowned. "That's. . . unusual. Why?"

 

[bindingeagle]

"They were soldiers, I doubt they knew much," Isep said dismissively. "We do, however, need a plan."

 

[celestialdragon]

"Um, yes. Duh." Al'ika said. "We'll definitely need disguises."

 

[bindingeagle]

Flish sat up. "Why don't we just replace the patrol when they stop next?"

 

[celestialdragon]

"Too tricky," Al'ika said, shaking her head.

 

[bindingeagle]

"Why not? We just lost half of our number to alligators overnight," he said. "You and me can probably kill half before they can wake up."

 

[celestialdragon]

Al'ika looked at Flish. "Enough blood has been spilled," she said softly.

 

[bindingeagle]

"Silverblade's men? The ones who took over an entire town for profit? Sorry, not shedding any tears," he said.

 

[celestialdragon]

Al'ika shrugged. "No matter their affiliation, they still had families and loved ones," she said quietly.

 

[bindingeagle]

"If you can come up with another way to get a disguise, I'm all ears."