Shadows danced before Mekoa's eyes and wrenched her from a blissful sleep. Shoulder rolling from Guthriekai's muscular frame, a boot knife appeared in her hands and stayed there until her breathing calmed. Placing the knife in a hidden flap on her boot, she turned in a full circle. Ristina was outside, but something was not quite right. She looked like a<span style="font-style: italic">Throaliek</span>(a monster-like creature, one of the only ones the Shadows fear) without a target. When Guthriekai began to prance in place and whinny, Mekoa knew her suspicion was correct. Stepping carefully out of the structure, she took a defensive stance beside her task and prayed that she was doing the right thing.