Using the stars to follow the same direction, the ones with a better sight guided the others. The only road they took for their first week out of the camp was the one they dug through the forest.
Finding ripe fruits was easy for the season, there wasn't a day without a proper meal thanks to the veteran hunters. They were nearing the frontier, alas the chain of mountain became too high and steep for the entire group to keep up the pace. Since the lowest points between the mountains' peaks were populated, they had no choice but step on a road.
They managed to avoid people until now, by walking in the deepest parts of the valleys. Ward had a lot of time to make acquaintance with Auka. Even though both became much more distant to the rest of the group, they mutually reassured each other by being caged with the same shackles.
