A gentle breeze floated across the field ruffling the grasses in the field. Jason stood with his back to the setting sun trying to read the map unfolded in front of him. His father had once stood here in this exact spot to show him how to use a compass and the stars in the night sky to orient himself in the wild. Being alone for most of the last year
Jason knew it was getting too late for him to continue to be out in the open like this. A quick look around revealed how exposed he really was. He stood on a small rise near a patch of forest to his east, just beyond which stood a cliff going up to a plain which ran all the way to the sea. To the south was a series of connected ridges. North and west of him were the deserted areas