Once they had finished burning all the bodies so that the orb couldn't possess them again, they got right back to moving. They didn't want to spend more time in this forest than they needed to.
Even though it was still morning, the sunlight barely penetrated the dense canopy above, leaving everything in a dull twilight. Mist hung between the trees like breath on glass, and the air felt thick and heavy with silence.
Even though they had made some distance between themselves and the clearing where everything had happened, the thoughts about the situation didn't fade, and no one wanted to speak.
Not only did they have to worry about the bandits that hid in the forest, bandits that were much stronger than others they had fought before, but this new magical orb of light was a source of danger.
