Sah had not been wrong, but Hadama had been just a little bit faster.
For the second attempt, however, the fyrhund had indeed been stalking the wrong prey.
Hadama had gone further into the ash, covering his mouth and nose with his hand to protect his breathing as the stuff caked his mask. He could not do this for much longer, but he hoped he would not need to. Using the smoke as a defensive cover had worked well so far, but the muddling of his own senses was a questionable tradeoff, and he finally had to retreat from thickest smog.
The roar that came as he stepped into momentarily clear air was close enough to raise the singed hairs on his forearms and bring his head up sharply. Sah? he called through the Attuned bond, uncertain what other shifts his friend may have gained without his knowledge. Was that you?
Just in case it had been he reluctantly stepped back into an eddy of smoke as the wind tugged a fresh swirl of black air across the Crust.
For the second attempt, however, the fyrhund had indeed been stalking the wrong prey.
Hadama had gone further into the ash, covering his mouth and nose with his hand to protect his breathing as the stuff caked his mask. He could not do this for much longer, but he hoped he would not need to. Using the smoke as a defensive cover had worked well so far, but the muddling of his own senses was a questionable tradeoff, and he finally had to retreat from thickest smog.
The roar that came as he stepped into momentarily clear air was close enough to raise the singed hairs on his forearms and bring his head up sharply. Sah? he called through the Attuned bond, uncertain what other shifts his friend may have gained without his knowledge. Was that you?
Just in case it had been he reluctantly stepped back into an eddy of smoke as the wind tugged a fresh swirl of black air across the Crust.
