The Pathless on Paths---------Chapter VII part 2(38)

“But Giavoni does not know.”
“They can observe. He has been leading us for long.”
They hurried on for some hours, with a suspicious bird always tailing hovering over them, quite obvious a Giavoni spy drone. But for the moment it was out of reach of their weapons, and there was no cover overhead that was accessible.
The sun had climbed high, and a cold noon diffused its moderate white light on the lands, filtering out all colours of life leaving only a deadly gray., when hope finally came.