Testing the Skeletons
Jay periodically checked behind them.
The giant fur-covered insect had made little progress on the boulder-sized tortoises, while he and his skeletons were very farm away, almost in the fog.
He thought it would take much longer, but the fog had shifted towards them, perhaps saving them an hour.
“I’m guessing Asra will come out in the fog. I wonder how much the sunlight hurts her.” He scratched his chin.
He remembered when he first found her. Even while she was half-dead she had fear in her eyes as she warned him about the sunlight.
Jay walked for a few hours more, and he could hardly see the tortoises behind them, like tiny dots in the distance.
With sore feet, he made it to the fog, but he paused before stepping into it. There was a distinct boundary between the fog and everything else. It was more like a wall he would walk into than a mist he would slowly merge through.
Before entering, he had a skeleton step inside and run deeper for a moment before exiting again.