Chapter 44: Fortune
"Now then. How are we to find our way out of this place? Hmm... maybe if you could scout the area then... yes we can definitely try that."
Thus Noctis started talking to Minerva about the places he remembered and about its peculiarities in order to ascertain a general direction to move at.
It would inevitably take some time depending how far he was from the known parts of the jungle and which direction they explored first, but it was what it was.
Fortunately for him, the critter was as smart as they come, he had confidence in at least not fumbling at that step.
With that Minerva took flight as Noctis started to familiarize himself with the jungle once again.
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Noctis was sitting on the highest branch of the highest tree he could find in the immediate vicinity, with his back to the truck, one leg tucked while another dangling downwards.
With his eyes closed he was basking in the ever glorious evening glow of the forest, along with it he was focusing his energy on his senses. As one does.
After spending such time in the void, he had much better control as well as perception of this power.
He could even feel the hairs splinters on the body of the squirrels and rabbit in the immediate vicinity as well as the general shape and position of larger animals to a few kilometres.
His depth perception and spatial awareness had improved tenfold as he could now make out the general terrain of the forest, and thus probably walk around the place just fine in this state.
As he was playing around with it, now having much larger reserves of it than before, suddenly a branch holding a ripe fruit came up to him as he took it with a gentle movement.