Smarter? More Room For Manipulation

Among the rubble making up what remained of the once rural area there was not a single human yet to be seen, what greeted the scouting team was instead a few red eyes gazing at the surroundings with a sense of vigilance

"How can they already be here?"

"Perhaps the worst has come and the settlement was destroyed already?"

"How so with the colony still two hours away"

"There could be another one int the opposite side, we don't have scouts beyond the city edges so how could we know"

Everyone discussed but none of them were the slightest bit optimistic about the fate pertaining this settlement

"Shhh, you will attract their gaze"

Dag suddenly hushed them, when they turned to check they noticed that one of the bats was flying inside the area while the others looked at them warily

"How could they spot us?! Even if we talked we are a bit too far for them to notice, not to mention we are all in stealth"