Emergency

A sense of urgency pervaded Akida's whole being when he burst into Syryn's view.

"Utsui is missing."

"What? What do you mean Utsui is missing?" Syryn understood the bad news that Akida had delivered but he had to ask again. In war-like conditions when confusion and mistakes were the norm, it wasn't unheard of for identities to be mistaken and for families to be parted from their loved ones only to be found later. The teen refused to entertain any thoughts of a scenario where the young avian had come to harm. Utsui should have evacuated with the other civilians, he would have. 

"He's not at the mountains, Syryn. The only other place he might be at is the border but Utsui had no reason to go there."