If Warren had survived he would head in that direction. The clearest path was a stream that led inland. Well onward and upward, I stepped into the stream and shivered. After barely twenty steps my feet hurt terribly. The rocks below the water's surface were pointed and quite sharp. A simple solution came to mind. I stopped, closed my eyes and accessed the crystal nanites coursing through my system. I tapped into their basic programming and heightened my bodies healing factor. I raised the factor by twenty and waited for them to confirm my instructions. After taking another twenty or so steps the pain in my feet faded to nothing.
The stream had a strong salty smell and by dipping my hand into it I confirmed my suspicions. The source of what should have been a fresh water supply was contaminated. Warren would have said something like, why am I not surprised. I accepted this strange fact and continued inland. After a quarter of a mile in I heard voices. My hearing was in the same category as Warren's. Much of my physiology was patterned off of his Althan anatomy since Shu's own DNA, like Warren's, had strong ties to that ancient blood line. I suspected that is why he did what he did. He read something in her memories that told him she was related to the Family. Perhaps that is why she tried to murder Tsun?
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