Father (Part 1)

"We'll ask Lith about Strider's motives when and if we find him." Zoreth replied.

"What do you mean, if? Can't you track him?" Kamila asked.

"I can try, but it's not going to be easy. I can follow his trail on the ground from the craters he left while running away, but if he has taken the sky, I'll only have his smell to find him and that doesn't last long. Abominations take, they don't leave. I'll give it a go anyway. Byt?"

"I'll protect everyone until your return." The Raiju conjured the Absolution and set a detection array field.

Zoreth nodded and ran along Lith's footprints. When they disappeared, she took flight, hoping that Dragonspeed would be enough to catch up with the lingering smell before high-altitude currents scattered it to the wind.

"What do you want us to do?" Quylla asked Kamila.