Chapter 567: Battle Stations

GAR

"…even moving in those numbers, they're going to reach the grasses—and water—within the night. The scouts haven't been able to reliably identify exactly where they are because they've got something keeping them obscured as they move."

"It fails sometimes, though," the bird said wearily, looking back and forth between him and Rika. "We get flashes. We have to be careful not to get too close, though, because we can't tell where their forward guard is. We can only see their passage when they've moved and we can't risk flying over them, or accidentally being identified by their technology, so the trackers stay far wide. We only get the indicators when it fails, usually just for seconds."

"What do you mean, it fails?" Rika asked quickly.