Quickly and quietly, Kai made his way deeper into the woods. He checked his phone as he progressed, the circle indicating Micah's location on the map becoming larger as his phone connection waned. He let out a heavy sigh before making his way in the general direction of the circle. Anyone else seeking to find their little brother in the woods would have called out for a response or called for the police, but Kai and Micah were not like anyone else. As soon as Kai entered the area of the circle. He completely shut off his phone and placed it into his back pocket. Unmoving, unblinking, he listened a moment to the rustling of leaves in the wind and the sound of birds flitting between branches. He slowly reached to his ear and turned off his hearing aid, the harsh squeal chiming out in his ear before the sounds around him became nothing more than a muffled hum. He slowly exhaled before placing his hands against the rough trunk of a nearby tree. The sounds of the world came back to him, different and more intense: the shift of each blade of grass, the groaning of trees, the hard impact of talons on wood. Kai closed his eyes and slowly tuned in to each sound, letting it pass through his perception without directing his attention to any single sound. Over time, the cacophony of forest sounds died away until there was nothing left, a deafening silence. He moved his hand away from the tree and surveyed the area. He walked casually now, the soft thud of his footsteps, the crinkle of grass, and the snaps and crunches of fallen branches and seeds were his new reality. Within a few moments, this too died away, back into the deafening silence as he moved. He repeated this action, fine-tuning his perception as he moved until only the most minute of differences vied for his attention.<br/><br/>These new sounds were sudden shifts, rustles, quickening paces, hisses, breathing. It all seemed rather mundane at the moment. He spoke up.<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF0000">"Games almost over, Mikey"</span>Kai spoke loudly. Hisses, several quickening heartbeats from the sudden sound of his voice, a scramble of fast footfalls, jolts, most of it inhuman. The small quickened paces, shuffles and jolts fell to silence.