After their bath, they ate a quick meal of fresh fruit before they departed. Paul shifted as soon as he was outside of the cave and scanned the area thoroughly before he sent a message to Morian’s symbiot. Morian had balked at first about riding in the skimmer her symbiot formed, but finally gave in when she realized it was too dangerous for both of them if they were caught. Inside the skimmer, her symbiot could vanish the same way as Paul did. He would fly alongside them so he could survey the area more closely as they went.
The trip proved to be surprisingly uneventful. Paul had taken a brief detour to fly over the encampment in the meadow only to find it empty. Raffvin had smartly moved his base camp. Paul wasn’t stupid enough to believe they had heard the last of him.
The feeling in
