It is still night. Sethlan’s eyelids flicker open, and starlight reaches him in the canopy of the tree he hides within. The elf twists his shoulder, careful of the many small wounds that mark him everywhere. Below, the ground is covered in mist – but it is not empty. The Udur are again looking for him. Hunting. He strayed too far, into where they were prowling, and they will not give up so easily. Neither would he. Sethlan suppresses the desire to focus in on every crunch, every rustle of leaf. To look over one’s shoulder and espy the threat. The predators are nearby, but they have not found him. Yet.
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