Seeing his arrow had no effect Gil realized he'd lost ground. Walker and midnight had caught up to Gil but the space between them and the rat was becoming too great. Not wanting to give up they continued running but failed To gain ground.
They were losing sight of their goal, they would have to settle for one of the eggs left behind. Even the large egg had been stolen by the field rats leaving only the basic eggs. Walker felt the crushing defeat of letting a friend down.
