Early that morning, Owen finished breakfast and set off, leaving Rowan alone to watch the cave.
Rowan saw that he had nothing to do anyway, so he planned to climb the cliff to find some ferns to eat along the way.
No sooner said than done; in no time, he agilely climbed up.
He tapped and knocked as he went, picking a full animal skin bag of fresh, tender ferns. Rowan prepared to lean out to pick the last fern growing outward from the cliff.
With a "thud", the animal skin bag fell in front of the cave entrance, ferns spilling all over the snowy ground.
A gust of whirlwind blew past, and by the time one looked again, his figure was no longer on the cliff.
When that strong Omegina threw him off the cliff, Julian's dazed mind was immediately scared sober. He tried to endure his injuries to transform into his beast form, trembling as he spread his wings to reduce the impact of the fall.
