The view was daunting to Ailwin.
"What is wrong with them...why are they like this?"
"I don't know...no one knows really. They just started rotting." Mano spoke to distractedly as he was looking for traces of his daughter's footprints in the dirt.
"There…!" Mano shouted and pointed before taking off in that direction.
Ailwin followed closely behind, he didn't know the orchards fields and didn't want to get lost. Furthermore, if Lord Mano thinks Mika might be in trouble he couldn't very well turned back around and leave.
Mano was really worried now, Mika's footprints were leading straight into the contaminated area, Maybe she got lost on her way out?
With both of them running and searching for her, it was long before they found her kneeling at a tree.