Farewell dinner

For the next couple of days, Mika and Drako pour over all her samples to find the answer to the design on the roots.

And before they knew it, it was time for Mika to leave.

"There is nothing left for me to do, but try to gain some information at school." Mika sighed as she dropped the last sample she was analyzing on her desk in frustration.

"Sorry, I couldn't be of better help." Drako never noticed the design himself, and even if he did, he wouldn't know what they meant.

If Mika hadn't carefully explained what they mostly are, Drako would have just overlooked it.

"It's okay, but I think this new discovery puts my hypothesis about the trees in the right direction."

"You don't want to try to heal one of the trees of your clan's?"