Dietrich's face went through a change he did not fully control.
"My sister has no protector." He said it with the flatness of a fact that had been pressing against the back of his thoughts since the crossing.
"Who knows what she is currently going through. If you are all intact enough, could we search the periphery for her before returning? Even an hour of looking-"
Sororis Prima Lana's interjected.
"We can continue searching for a few more hours," she said, carefully. "But you do not want to be in these forests when the Illumination Flowers fade. The dark here is not merely dark. The Galdr Source creatures that move through it are different from what you have encountered in the bloom period. We need enough time to return to camp before it fades."
