Trickshot took point, moving silently and stealthily with Yo and CSFB! on flank. Hatman, the Shoggoth, and Uhuna were the main party, following the trail picked out by the irritating archer.

The jungle was not as dense as it looked. Small animal tracks ran through the tall rich grass, and there were occasional clearings where the blue African sky shone down.

“This biosystem is puzzling me,” the Manga Shoggoth said at last. “I mean more than the usual carbon-based biosystems. This one follows no internal logic.”

“I know what you mean,” Uhuna agreed. “There’s such a rich ecodiversity in so confined an area, where usually you’d expect one or two plant species to dominate. And despite the forest canopy there’s a profusion of wildflowers.”

“And there’s these handy paths,” Trickshot pointed out. “I never seen a jungle quite like this.”

“It’s not like a wild jungle at all,” Uhuna puzzled. “More like… a garden?”

“But what does it have to do with that big crater back there?” CSFB! wondered.

“Listen again!” Yo said, perking his/her head to one side.

In the distance, in the direction of the track they were following, was the sound of a waterfall.

And a clear, lovely voice singing.

• Follow the track to the waterfall and see who’s singing
• Leave the track and try to find a different way to the waterfall