Nox withdrew his hand, the red lightning fading. "For once, I agree with you. We'd just go get ourselves killed."
"And maybe Amaera has already returned to headquarters," added Klein as he turned toward the path they had come from. "If she discovered the same thing, she's surely waiting for us there."
The two men began their descent of the canyon, their silhouettes standing out against the sky of Tenebris.
...
The return to the rallying base had not been joyful despite the valuable information brought back by Klein... The tents hastily set up on the basaltic ground of Tenebris vibrated under a wind laden with demonic electricity and dust. Klein walked with a quick step, his black leather boots hammering the arid earth as he clutched the data crystals collected at the Spectrum outpost. But his mind was elsewhere.
The first observation upon his arrival was icy... The camp was on alert, but essential faces were missing.
