The Mayor took the lead as the group of experts flew eastward toward the Gnomes' camp. The morning sky stretched clear above them, the wind rushing past as more than a hundred Sovereigns moved in a steady, disciplined formation.
Grey and Reynolds flew just behind the Mayor and Elder Harrington. Elder Voss kept the golden-furred Ninth-stage bunny in her arms, absently stroking its soft fur as they traveled. The small creature remained completely still, its presence so subdued that anyone without prior knowledge would have mistaken it for an ordinary rabbit.
