They moved through the forest with buried steps. Theo was surprised to see how the baron was able to make his steps become unheard, which seemed like an unbelievable thing to do, seeing his size.
The forest was uneven ground, and with the trolley with them for the first time, Theo found it hard to maneuver it.
While Elias had helped upgrade the wheels of the trolley with an even better material, it still felt hard to make it move in the forest's terrain.
There came times when Elias and Clara had to pick the trolley from each side carefully to move it past a big obstacle.
The more Theo saw all that, the more he wondered if this was a very good idea.
But what other options did he have? There were going to be the first 1000 ants in the colony soon, and if he counted the brood too, then they were already there.
