Redsand Canyon Couldn't look you in the eye

He had two eyes that worked, but one was harder to use because of the inflammation around it. In time the swelling would go down. Aquene had tended to the wound there with her herbs, and Glaukos had to trust she knew what she was doing (at least with plants).

He followed after Kallik without paying obvious attention to where he went or how fast. If he lagged behind enough to slow the silver beast, he did not care; if he sped up at times to make them struggle equally, that pleased Glaukos on a deeper, more childish level.

The boy was not afraid of his punishment. He did not worry over his role within Mereo; being an auxiliary had granted him far more freedom than anything else in his life and he knew he would fight for his place there, even if he wouldn't openly admit it.

That said, he was so busy with his own disjointed feelings on the subject that he lost sight of the mission; he did not scent the cat until after Kallik had vanished beneath the cast shadow from a higher ridge, and was left pacing alone. Staring up at the shape of it - watching it, as it glowered with a luminous stare in return.