169 Distant Gaze

The distant croaking vanished as the frogs went further into the fog, presumably to go after more food. The shadows shrunk. Doevm yanked the rope's knot loose and distributed the Amphiboards and paddles to everyone. Elero scanned the area with a mist around both her eyes and ears. "They are still heading away from us. We can take a breath."

"No we can't," Doevm insisted as he hopped onto his Amphiboard. He pointed to the foggy sky, where the sun was nothing more than a yellow dot over the outlines of many mountains around them. "It is getting close to night. They are going to return to the shallower parts of the swamp, back our way."