And I pelt into shaded green safety…
More or less…
Above me, above the canopy, a shadow hovers, a dark silhouette. Dodging between one tree and the next, I stay covered as best I can, but the shadow follows…
Infra-red…
…
Infra-red…
The waterfall…
The overhang…
I move quickly, darting from tree-trunk to tree-trunk, pausing to gather my breath behind one before sprinting for the next. Over the clatter of the rotors, the roar of water grows louder.
And ahead of me, the forest opens once more to the roaring falls.
I don’t bother to admire the view. There’s no shelter between me and my target. Above me, the shadow screams forward, then swings through one-eighty to bear on me as, dashing headlong for the overhang I leap from one slick stepping-stone to another.
Sheer momentum keeps me
