Khan had done his best to memorize the areas crossed during the flight. Calculations happened in his mind as he tried to understand how far away he was from the human camp and the marsh.
It turned out that the many hours spent flying had been mostly pointless. The two envoys had invested longer in deceiving eventual pursuers rather than in the actual travel.
Khan believed that the valley at the center of the seven mountains was at mere five or six hours from the camp. The place was farther away from the human settlement than the flat area in the mountain chain and the marsh, but it wasn't unreachable, especially with an Aduns.
A vague map even appeared in Khan's mind. The Global Army didn't have access to detailed maps of Nitis, and the telescope outside the planet's orbit couldn't get a clear idea of the surface either. Khan didn't even have clearance for those pictures, so he had to rely on his personal experience to understand the general layout of the area.
