So, where did Atlas go while the two of them were busy learning mind-altering news?
Well, unlike them, he had been closely observing the villagers to see if they ever slipped up. He didn't care about the small clues. Those could be left to Artemis and Horus.
His focus was on the people themselves.
On their fourth day in the village, Atlas randomly stumbled upon a hidden field somewhere on the back of the hill behind the guest house. It belonged to a man named Haku, and though he was just as much a part of the village as anyone else, he did his best to stay away from it.
He never went into the village unless he was returning to his own home. He avoided interactions with the others, and when asked about him, the villagers would always divert the topic.
He was clearly a sore spot for these people, but why was that?
Atlas realized that Haku was his key when he first stumbled upon that field precisely because of the words he said.
