Melody looked at Karrakas. "What do you mean? Is it good or bad? Which is it?"
Karrakas set his hands flat on the table. "Both, depending on what happens."
He tapped the migration data. "The Spiked Turtle moving through that corridor is actually useful for us in one specific way."
"Large beasts displace smaller ones. The migration pushes the surrounding beast population away from its path, which means the further out we go in that direction, the fewer beasts we'll encounter." He paused. "In theory, that makes the walk easier for us. There'll be less interruptions, which means less chances of something forcing Lukas off course."
"So it's good," Akira said.
"Unless we run into the Turtle itself." Karrakas turned to look at her. "In which case, we stop immediately and we do not engage."
"Spiked Turtles aren't aggressive by nature. They don't exactly hunt. They simply move, feeding on anything within range, and ignoring anything that isn't directly in their way."
