The troupe of hunters, Alex included, make their way back toward the cottage. Everything seems to be letting up and the sun seems to be coming out again; However, an eerie presence makes Alex shift his eyes. He sees nothing but a shadow where something was and it poofs out of existence. Strange. As they are coming up to their home, Alex sits down by the sheep pin and starts scanning their bio-signatures. Akhmin looks at him and goes to the shed with his haul of carcasses. He says, "Seff, bring some twine over here and a basket." Seff nods and turns to look for Achiin. 

The other two hunters that were with them said they'd get back in touch later to make weapons from the beaks and feathers. Akhmin, rigorously plucking the metal feathers from bodies of birds, looks up at Alex. "Once I am done with this, we should rest," Akhmin says, twisting some meaty morsels up in a bundle. Alex looks over to him, mouth still dripping, glowing blue liquid. It dissipates on the ground like a bluish cold mist. Akhmin twists his brow and plucks more feathers. "And… once we've gotten rest we're going to fix that rip in your back…" Alex holds his hand to his mouth, blotting the blue liquid from his chin. He then tries to scan it but it's encrypted, pixelated. There is something on this element but it's obscured, like something doesn't want him to see. There's a small ringing in his ears again but this time it is very small and instead it is distant with static.

Alex gets up off the ledge of the porch and starts walking toward the front door of the cottage. The static he heard earlier gets louder as he lurches closer. A small pittering noise is heard in the back of the house and a large "oof" from a kid. Alex thinks for a second, "Achiin?...". He opens the door as it creaks and sees a flickering greenish yellow light in a room next to Seff's. He slowly walks toward it. Skittering grows louder as the static becomes more of a voice jumbled in a snowy noise trying to find its way through the barrier of sound. Alex turns the corner but before he could spot the source of it, a creature runs under his feet making him almost fall backwards and it runs out the front door. Achiin shouts in anguish "No!! Come back!!" The creature runs off down the steps and into the tall fungal grasses. "You need the little wire thingy in your wacha-ma-jig!--" He starts running after it. Alex looks out the door to spot the two rustling in the grass in the dark of night, causing the ground to glow and flash like a lightshow. Akhmin wakes up and heads outside with a small lamp and a fluffy and comfy gown made of wools. "What is all this noise I keep hearing? You're going ta wake the sheep…" Achiin is startled, holding the creature under him trying to calm it. "N-nothing at all just… wrestling with some tubers over here! Eheh… for a snack tomorrow!" Akhmin is puzzled and suspicious about this. Tubers that glow are poisonous ones. They emit a neurotoxin that causes paralysis of anything it touches and is a fungal flora that grows in tall grasses. "Achiin you aren't stuck are you?" Achiin Looks left, right, up and down with such a guilty look on their face. "Achiin, come out right now." Achiin sighs loudly and says "ugh" in dismay as he drags the creature by its tail up the stairs and on the deck. Akhmin adjusts his spectacles and looks at this "creature" that Achiin found. "Take it inside right now" Achiin stares at him in confusion. "Wait, you mean it?!" Akhmin shakes his head. "You don't get to have it as a pet or play around with it. It's a mechanical being. We need to find out why it's here." Achiin is still excited despite the news given and runs in with it still being dragged in mid-air. 

Alex beats the side of his head with his palm a couple of times and yawns, going inside the cottage, Akhmin right behind him. "Get some sleep, android. Got a big day tomorrow" Alex slumps over, walks into the room with all the fluffy pillows and Seff, sleeping in the corner and curls up nice and comfy next to him.