Oli had cut his time in half, needing only five minutes to fully enter a shadow! But that's not why Oli was proud of himself. What truly made the drake proud was how Oli could at least eliminate his presence while in the shade.
And Oli tested it by asking Sarpo and Hurdo to try sensing him out without their eyes.
Sarpo failed to find the drake relaxing in the covered wagon, startling the low-perennial jaguar. Hurdo laughed and said Oli was faintly found only by Hurdo's earth sensory art.
With the knowledge of that test, Oli confidently located and hid from enemy scouts in those wooded hills.
Oli even used a touch of earth essence around his feet since no witnesses were accompanying him. That allowed Oli to hide better against anyone trying to sense Oli's body through his contact with the ground, at least until Oli could get a better mastery of the Shadow Stalker art.
