Once Kreas and Li had gone, having deemed their quarry lost and the trail gone cold, Siren turned back. Retracing her footsteps, she soon found her red haired companion, who was now with the aberrant and the mother. All four of the guardians were present now. The aberrant seemed to be telling the other two a strange story, of two young guardians he had met, brothers. He had healed one of them after he had become injured by a strike from another aberrant. Siren heard as she approached them, that he would likely make a full recovery.

‘Did you find her?’ Indigo asked the second he noticed Siren. The mother and the aberrant turned simultaneously at her arrival.

Siren shook her head reluctantly.

‘I'm sorry’ she spoke in a gentle voice. ‘I lost her.’

‘It’s ok’ Culture reassured her. ‘We have her trapped here. There is nowhere for her to go.’

‘Don’t you feel bad for it though?’ Siren asked Culture.

‘Bad for what?’

‘When I ran after her, she stopped for a moment……she had the saddest look in her eyes.’

‘How did she escape?’ Culture asked her.

‘I don’t quite remember. It was a trick of some kind; she used some of her magic on me. I remember seeing a dragonfly, but it looked mechanical, not living.’

‘I thought she couldn’t use her magic’ Culture said.

‘They can’ the mother spoke up. ‘But only in very small amounts compared to the magic they posses.’

‘What a joke’ Culture laughed shaking his head without mirth. ‘Having so much power and not even being able to use it, the gods must really have a sense of humour.’

‘She is trapped here now’ Indigo declared. ‘She will be caught. It’s only a matter of time. Let’s just try to make sure we get her before they do.’