In the deep quiet that precedes the dawn, a trio of figures moved like living shadows through the dense woods. Their very skin was a canvas, subtly shifting to borrow the mottled greens and browns of the ancient foliage. They were guided not by sight, but by the soft, rhythmic pulse of Displacer devices on their belts, each beat a soft hum reacting to the distant song of atomic energy.
A whisp...
