Despite being abandoned by his colony, Dusk finds that Sylph had stayed behind to wait for Dusk. She reveals that their colony split up when Nova convince part of the colony to return to Gyrokus's colony and repent for their past. Many follow Nova, but some stay behind for Dusk. The remaining colony decides to follow Dusk's advice and go with him to the place that he had found. They quickly plan to cross the grasslands, where they are most vulnerable.
This flows into the next chapter, as they make their journey across. During their crossing though, they encounter Carnassial and his pack of hyaenadons, and try to hide in a hollow tree trunk, but are attacked inside by poisonous creatures called soricids. Dusk and his colony barely escapes, although many chiropters perished, including one of the elders.
Within these two chapters, we see that there is once again a theme of trust, and also of loyalty, between Dusk and Sylph. Sylph has been shown constantly throughout the story so far to be very loyal to Dusk, even when it seemed they were mad at eat other. She trusted him, and was loyal to him. To Dusk, she was one of his few companions, and therefore, helped satisfy his need for love and companion, especially after their parents had passed away.
