*Rawr!*
Luxa jumped closer, startled by what she saw. Her tails swished as she examined the red spots covering Arcis and Lunelle, her surprise quickly giving way to concern. 'It can't be. Did you two leave the Basin?!'
Arcis looked confused. "Basin? What Basin?"
Lunelle wasn't any better. 'I haven't seen any Basin.'
Rean approached as well, shaking his head. "Let me guess. You guys flew very, very high."
What else could it be? They hadn't traveled very far, so they must have climbed beyond the altitude at which the Basin protected the living beings inside it. The city itself was safe, but that protection clearly didn't extend indefinitely upward. Rean had already learned that the Basin's unusual geography shielded the region from the currents sweeping across the higher terrain. Apparently, that protection had a limit in the sky as well.
