They were moving through the scrubland at a speed that left no room for further conversation about bushes or streams or the olfactory observations of a water rhino with too much emotional intelligence and not enough self-preservation instinct.
Tommy tried once more, approximately seven minutes in.
"I'm just saying," he said, slightly breathless, "that if we're going this fast, it's not about catching up to Lucan."
"It is about catching up to Lucan," Kai said.
"It's about catching up to who Lucan is with."
"Tommy."
"I'm not wrong."
"You're not wrong," Kai agreed, "but you keep saying it out loud, and that's the part that's going to get you hurt."
