"We can't go home yet. Anyway, the jaksins'll expect us to. They're
moving south already. Hear them?"
Inside the Forest, in the deep shade, there was less vegetation so that
they were able to move easily. Whenever Janee looked ready to scream,
Alyar pretended to see or hear something, and by the time she was wise
to that, they were out of earshot.
Their luck didn't last long, though. They heard a sound, whirled, and
saw a small being on a branch, watching them with malevolent yellow
eyes.