Ok then!
Well, our first result is this. Andro finds the trail of broken trees- a huge valley of the, in fact, carved through the forest, like a form of stampede.
Vera identifies this as abnormal behaviour. Well, normal in a sense- something intentionally spooked a herd of these Merongam in order to cause such a stampede.
"Well, we aren't going to find anything at ALL if all we do is stand around," Xeth says, resting the machete over his shoulder. "Come on, let's go..."
Xeth will lead the way, strutting down the center of the stampede path and privately hoping that whatever caused the Merongam to stampede doesn't come back. He's already irked by having to do what Ascar says, and this little task isn't helping.
Where IS Ascar, anyway? Did he accompany us or did we leave him with the Atrii?
Of course not! It could be bloody dangerous in there. He stayed with the Atrii.
Ah well, looking for what spooked the Merongam would be a different course of action. What you find, heading down the trail, are the bodies.
A flock of birds takes to the air as you get near the scene. Five dead giant dinosaurs here- which can only be Merongam- that have been dead a while. There's not a great deal left. At least two seem to have been crushed; it is unclear what happened to the others, but they have all been ripped apart and eaten