Duck Lake illusion; diverted

toad had gone off to look for her.
avicus was gone; he could hardly breathe to think of it.
merrick had gone in a tight circle and come back to the edge of the lake.
now he looked for @Astara and @Aventus, the bearblood in the wood.
the last of it; a sharp intake as he called for them,
and in it, we should go to seek her, you and i