She was sad that she was slowing her friends down, but Nashira didn't want to give up. She was determined to help find the little kids. Her new friends had gone in different directions, fanning out to search. She'd see them again, she was sure. But she wasn't going to sit around and do nothing! She adjusted her pack and began swinging her light around to look in the dark nooks and crannies of the forest. There were possibly millions of places they could hide. In the raised roots of the trees, behind the fallen logs, in the hollowed out trunks, up in the branches... thank goodness the kids couldn't fly. ... Right? Maybe she should have asked Tomoe
