Sitting with their backs against the cliff, Azazel said, “Look, we don’t know who they are or anything about their mission, except that they intend to detain Lector and Evander. We need to get a look at them before deciding our next move.”
Of the four people holed-up in the blind, Rarus had the best skills navigating the planet’s wild country. He would, using all his stealth, sneak the one kilometre back down canyon to observe the armed force.
Two hours later Azazel was worried. He had hoped Rarus would return before dark.
When Kadeya heard a splash she pressed her finger to her lips, quieting her companions. A couple of minutes later Rarus climbed over the blind’s rock wall and said, “Well that was enough noise to wake the dead.”
“I didn’t hear anything, but grandmother did,” Ramuell
