"Okay, I think we are far enough and certainly hidden away from him," Aster sighed as she peaked out from behind the set of giant boulders near which a clump of tall pine trees had been shading the region casting it in shadows that were dark enough to hide them.
It was nearly dark in the sky by the time they had been able to reach a safe place or what they considered to be one.
The sky had been clear and with the lack of buildings or the flashing lights that bordered them like the cities of the system had given them a magnificent view of the stars in the sky. It had been a blanket of shimmering dust sparkling in the distance but they didn't have time to relish in its beauty. The emergence of keeping themselves safe had been tapping on their head in a repetitive manner drilling the serious situation in.
"Do you think he is awake now?" Aksel asked leaning against the bark of the tree while sitting on his heels to avoid sitting on the numbing cold snow below.