Mia froze. More monsters day by day?
"What do you mean, more?" Anaisa spoke Mia's thoughts aloud.
"More means a greater number than before," Martin rolled his eyes. "Opposite of 'less' and 'fewer'. I could be mistaken, but since I didn't see any for years until a month or two ago, sure does seem like more."
The group looked at each other with dubious expressions, and Martin considered them each in turn before speaking again.
"I've definitely seen some on the surface. How many have you run into?"
"A chimera, first," Daniel piped in. "Then wights or changers in the forest, and something else. Something big. Then the giant reptilian monsters here… I think that's it? But why are there more now?"
"That, I can't say. But there are definitely more." Martin concluded.
"Maybe that's why we've seen so many on this journey," Daniel thought out loud. "Maybe there weren't hardly any near to humans before, but now they're coming out? But why?"