The clearing burned steady around the fallen weavers, and somewhere beneath the fissure of red light, Noah felt the two presences he'd summoned move off into the trees, not visible yet, but there, hunting.
[BEAST KILLED — MINOR PREDATOR]
[XP GAINED: 50]
[BEAST KILLED — MINOR PREDATOR]
[XP GAINED: 50]
The notifications kept coming, one after another, small and steady, Ash and Ember working their way through whatever else the disturbance had drawn close, clearing a perimeter Noah couldn't see but could track through the system's quiet, relentless bookkeeping.
"They're already earning their keep," Kelvin said, glancing sideways at Noah. "You gonna show them off eventually or just let them be a rumor forever?"
"When it matters," Noah said, and left it there.
