Rainforest Animal -

"The giants are coming closer," Jara growled, her voice a low vibration that Kael felt in his hollow bones. She wasn't looking at him; she was watching a line of leaf-cutter ants. The ants, usually a tireless army of green sails, were scattering.

"The smoke follows them," Kael replied, settling on a branch draped in orchids. rainforest animal

In the rainforest, every life is a thread in a tapestry. The ants fed the soil; the soil fed the trees; the trees gave Kael his throne and Jara her shadow [7, 8]. But the "thumping"—the sound of steel meeting wood—was cutting those threads. "The giants are coming closer," Jara growled, her