Chapter 37

The sun is burning its way down, coloring the sky in vibrant shades of pink and orange. They've been walking all day in the soaring heat. They have run out of water and food and they have to replenish their supplies.

Cain walks a bit in front of the others, with the Siberian Jay on his shoulder. The little bird chirps loudly, as if to say something. Cain gets annoyed by the continuous sound and shoos away the bird that flies and sits on Brage's shoulder instead. She jumps back and forth across his shoulder and her tiny head bobs up and down as she chirps. Eventually, the Siberian Jay uses her beak to pull hard on a lock in Brage's hair.

"Ow! What are you doing?" Siberia takes off into the air, orbits them and eventually lands on Indra's outstretched arm. "It seems like she wants to tell us something." Indra caresses with her finger over the bird's chest and Siberia calms down. "What do you want to show us?"

She raises her hand and the little bird leaves her arm.