He didn't know where he was going, he just kept jumping whatever route he found, but mostly it was in a circle, he darted left, weaving through a cluster of ancient oaks, his Dagger-Mouth reflexes allowing him to make ninety-degree turns at full speed.
He felt the wind whistling in his ears, his heartbeat a frantic, rhythmic thrum that matched the heavy thud-thud-thud of the titan behind him.
And then, his eyes caught the familiar scenery again. The lightning-scarred white-wood tree.That's when he had realized that he had in his frantic maneuvering, he had unconsciously circled back to the starting point.
The flower still lay there, glowing with its eerie, diamond-like light.
Seeing it, Sol's eyes flashed. A sudden, irrational greed… fueled by the "overdose" of predatory energy… overrode his survival instinct. "If I'm going to be chased for a flower," he thought, a dark grin returning to his face, "I might as well take that damn flower."
