Redsand Canyon pario

Killdeer joined them and Atreus smiled a bit stupidly, glad to finally spend some time with this particular comrade. He still wanted to spar with him one day, though that would have to wait for some other time.

He returned his attention to the task at hand as the Imperator led them through some fragrant pines. Atreus expected others to melt out of the literal woodwork, yet no one else came. And then they could see the elk ahead. Atreus’s guts quivered.

Germanicus motioned for each young man to choose a direction. Atreus wanted to obey, yet he could only stand there, blinking between the elk in the distance, his leader and occasionally Killdeer as well.

I’m not, he began only to hear how loud his voice sounded and fall silent, cringing at himself.