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When next he opened his human eyes, a large orange sun greeted him. His skin was warm from it, even under the clothing he wore, and that told him he'd been lying in it for some time. Rather than sit up immediately, he listened instead - not with those human ears, but with the innate ability of his race. He listened.

But around him, the only thing he heard was the dull static that meant animal minds along with one bright, shining, glimmering spark of hope. Relief. Sabev, though yet unconscious like he had been, was here -- and she was close.

Ilyien stood from the ground, then, and surveyed his surroundings. It was a largely negotiable forest, though the greenery and plant life were overall larger than he was accustomed to seeing. Was this another experiment courtesy of their alien captors? Ordinarily, Ilyien would have believed it thus. Given that Sabev was the only other life form close at hand, however, Ilyien wasn't positive.

It didn't matter, in the end. He was here, and she was close. Ilyien struck out into the forest, following inerrantly the beacon of her mind.