As soon as Megaera entered the Gaian forest, the air became more humid and slightly colder. It was not long before the tree tops started obscuring most of the sunlight. She was walking along a muddy path that moved between the trees like a grey snake. A small blue insect-like creature flew close to her face and she waved it away.
Megaera stood still and took a device out of her pocket. The screen lit up and she took off her glove to access the touchscreen.
The device was scanning the area for heat signatures, but only 4 major signatures in a 150 meter radius could be detected, nothing that resembled a human.
She put the device away again and proceeded to follow the path.
12 minutes passed and muddy trail ended in a blue/greenish moss covered soil. She decided to run another scan and this time only 2 major signatures showed up, but nothing close. Megaera turned around to follow the path back to the ship.
A loud shriek could be heard coming from above her in the tree. She looked up and aimed the rifle at the source of the noise, but only saw a moving branch. Seconds later a tapping noise was heard in a nearby tree and Megaera pointed the rifle at it, but could not see anything. She adjusted the sniper scope to heat vision, but saw only the dark blue color in the tree.
She reached with her right hand to the scope to readjust it back to normal and saw some movement in the tree. She kept observing and zoomed in to see a yellow eye with dark spots watching her. Megaera smiled "Hello there, little one..."
