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It was four days since Jayhan and Sasha had left the hut. The last three days had been a continuous slog of long hours of walking, punctuated by short, dismal rest breaks, and surrounded by unfriendly Kimorans. Today didn’t look like it would be much better.
But late in the morning, Jayhan had a breakthrough. They were walking through a long valley of tall mountain ash, interlaced with tree ferns. If he had had any interest in his surroundings, he would have realised that it was quite beautiful, but his mind was intent on working out his powers.
He remembered that his eyes hadn’t reacted when he’d been in danger, when he’d fallen from the tree on top of Sasha’s attacker. Hmm. His eyes had only reacted when Jon was in danger. Ha! Maybe his eyes reacted to protect other people, not him
