stopping suddenly, manus sniffed the air. the scent of  jack had disappeared with the breeze. he had the wrong trail, the wind must have carried the scent over here. turning back around, manus retraced his steps back to his starting point. breathing in deeply as he walked around in the darkness, he tripped over something. looking back, he could barely make out teh shape of what appeared to be a bag. never wanting to waste anything, he snagged the bag and continued searching for jack's scent. after several minutes of searching, he caught a minor scent, and followed it through the forest. strange, his path was erratic and random, not logical at all. he eventually came upon jack and lianth, grasping jack by the shoulde,r  he said "fianlly, been searching all over for you!"