Eleven people and one—now invisible—bird made quick progress toward the fort in the distance. As they passed the hill and came within line of sight from the fort, Jake felt it. A gaze had landed upon them from a distance, and he returned the look.
A human stood on the fort’s wall in the distance and looked through something that resembled binoculars. Jake made eye contact with the man through the device, and he saw the man quickly turn away in fright as he turned to yell something. Of course, Jake was too far away to tell what he said, and lip-reading wasn’t in his skillset. Does lip-reading even work correctly with the translation skill? It should… shouldn’t it?
“We have been spotted,” Eleanor said a few seconds later. Jake had already seen a few more people appear on the wall, and it w
