The inconspicuous grey van drove on the lonely road, leaving the prison behind. The land was covered with lush greenery, hugging the rolling hills. The steady incline and decline, accompanied by the pine and spruce trees revealed to Nero that they had not travelled too deeply into the country, and were still near the base of the Aether Mountain range.
Of course, the sight of the towering, fog covered mountains themselves should have revealed as much, but apparently the mountains had some kind of unusual effect where they looked just as large no matter where one looked at them from so long as they were within Kolar.
The two, father and son, drove through the relative wilderness, which in itself was quite a dangerous task. According to June, Apparition curses were becoming more common and more dangerous, and all plant life itself carried a certain danger. But it could not be helped.
