Two and a half days had come and gone before we finally reached the path of the meeting spot where I first laid eyes on the Demoi's physically weaker yet larger counterparts. I touched my hands to the dirt where this Codin once stood. Immediately, I caught the familiarity of his soundwave in comparison to that of the intruder that was killed days earlier. It honed in on the footing of he and his comrades-where they could have gone after that day or even before. My eyes were pulsating-I could feel it as they suddenly visualized on the wave of the footsteps taken by the Silawi. I started to follow them. "Where are you going?" I heard Leonis ask from behind me. "I'm following a lead," I simply answered. He had been far more tolerable the last few days but it didn't mean that I wanted or n

