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As you trudge through the forest, you notice that it is unusually quiet; there are no night insects chirping, nor are there the usual sounds of animals running around. Those sounds should be here, since the Lemurian government had brought in many species to populate the land and make it more habitable for humans in general during the formative years of the country. Of course, everyone notices this, and there's a general sense of unease showing through the team's body language.

Ami holds up her hand suddenly, and everyone stops to look at her cautiously. "Did you see something?" Balogh asks her over the radio, and she nods her head. "There," she points towards the west. "Thought I saw something. Hold on," she says before she waves her arms about, and a window appears on your HUD as she shares her camera contents with everyone. All five of you take cover before you view what she has shared with you.

It doesn't take long before you see what Ami saw: a shadowy figure moving along the horizon. It seems to be human in proportions at least, but the night-vision camera's green tint distorts the silhouette too much for you to ascertain whether it's Morgan or someone else, or something else altogether, but there's no denying that something is going on in this forest and you're the ones unlucky enough to have discovered it.

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