“I heard it, never did see it. But that was enough: the tremor of earth as a great force marched through the lands. I sensed it; the air itself was alive with the promise of conflict, as if the forest was rising up. I could hear their war drums in the distance. It sounded like the beating wings of a mountainous locust, each powerful and sonorous. I rushed as quickly as I could, but I don’t know if it was enough,”
