"Oh dear, it seems he has caught on to my plan." Nix said sarcastically after reading the note. The footprints had vanished, but Nix wasn't too concerned with that. Either he jumped up into a tree, the ground swallowed him up, or he spontaneously exploded. The latter was unlikely since there was no debris or dismembered parts. "I thought you wanted to race. Not play hide and seek." Nix called out.