Day 16
They resumed their journey toward the tree the next morning, and for a while it seemed as though little had changed from the day before. The weather remained clear, but the tree they sought did not seem to get any closer.
Until, after a couple of hours, it was suddenly not the only tree they saw.
A second tall, spiky shape appeared, even farther away than the first. Taka and Romi turned to each other at the same moment to point it out, and they both grinned.
They kept walking, and a few more trees appeared on the horizon. As they drew closer, and the trees became a cluster o