Tanika was making another trip back to the group from her scouting. In the couple of hours they'd been walking back through the forest, she had come to appreciate it a little more. [i]Maybe not appreciate, maybe more like....accept. It isn't as frightening anymore. I know what to expect now. And the dark silence isn't so hard to get used to.[/i] When she neared the group she realized right away that the group was exhausted. Members were lagging, some had either disappeared or were lagging even farther off in the group. She imagined that probably just about everyone was starving. Her stomach gurgled in response and she scowled. If she had been smarter she would have conserved her energy a little more. Her class kept her from tiring so easily but despite this, constant movement still ate up calories. Calories she didn't exactly have in excess these days.
[b]"Hey, guys."[/b] she said, squeezing between some bushes. [b]"Maybe we should take a break. Camp for the night. There is a cave up ahead a couple a' miles. I'm thinking its that rat cave. We could walk a bit more then camp nearby. Recharge before we kill the rats, or something. Hell, if you don't want to sleep you could probably go ahead into the early stages of the cave and kill a couple low levels. Maybe we can eat 'em."[/b]