Damien didn't have the mind to count the time, but considering the moon's trek over the horizon, it had been over an hour since they started dispersing the crowd.
The original number was in the tens of thousands, but now, they'd been cut down to only a thousand or so birds chasing Damien and the girls through the rainforest.
They'd already left the Aegis Tree grove behind, along with the many birds who were stuck there,
The best part of Damien's plan wasn't splitting the crowd, it was turning them against each other!
It was inevitable for the Messenger Birds who got separated at the beginning to recover before the chase ended, but Damien kept cutting down Aegis Trees and producing more nectar!
When those who finished their meal returned to the chase, they were subjected to several shattered trees covered in nectar that was being fought over by their comrades.
But when it came to Honeydew Nectar, there was no such thing as camaraderie.
