It was time to conduct some pest control.
Kaiden disengaged from the Charger cluster mid-fight, pulling his girls out with a sharp gesture. Ash's group swarmed the remaining kills like vultures on a carcass, and Kaiden let them have it.
He had a theory.
The stream delay hadn't worked. Ashbound couldn't be watching their broadcast because there was nothing to watch. Which meant Ash was getting their position from somewhere else.
'Let's narrow it down.'
"We're relocating," he told the girls. "Southeast. The ravine network past the treeline."
Luna's mouth opened.
"Please save the questions for later. It's important."
Luna's mouth closed. She understood that Kaiden wouldn't just tell her to 'shut up.' He never did that, even when she might've been a teeny tiny bit getting on his nerves.
That's why she listened.
They moved quickly and quietly, covering ground with the efficiency of a unit that had been fighting together long enough to read intentions from footsteps.
