In the end, Nial had no starting point to begin his research. He had too few clues about the past, the present demanded his attention and the future was still a blank sheet.
There were a few straws he could reach out to start researching and experimenting with but he was distracted by the sudden appearance of humans who were looking for their friends and family.
The humans were looking for the human poachers whom Erio and Nial had killed together, probably oblivious to their group member's fate.
At first, Nial considered ignoring them since it was not unlikely that they would simply leave but things turned out differently than expected.
The group of humans found the shelter and chose to approach it in vigilance.
However, what they didn't expect to encounter when they were still hundreds of kilometers away from the shelter was to witness the Eclipse Fire Lion pursuing its cubs that were running around wildly, playing in the open.
