My anger and worry and just plain despair was all pent up inside me as I watched Akello chew the agrimony. I turned to the hazy shape in the distance. It became a bit more clear, but in the low light of the early morning, before the sun had risen, I couldn't make it out. My gut twisted into one more knot that it had been before. If this...thing intended to harm us, I didn't have much fight left. All I wanted was to give up and lay down, I wanted it all to end. I just wanted to be normal, without crazy experiences and a forever broken body. What I wanted was far out of reach. I might not have much fight left, but that didn't mean I had none. I stood up and squinted at the form moving towards us, dark mist creeping around it like water. "What...is that?" I murmured, my voice soft but edged with fear. We were out, and almost safe. If we died now...I would never forgive myself.