Now that the plan had been set, every single one of them expected it to go perfectly.
And let's just say, it didn't just go as planned.
...It went better than anyone could have imagined.
Throughout the rest of the day, all four of them worked like a team that had been together for decades, executing every single step without a hitch.
Despite the constant cutting, scouting, and launching of trees, their pace on the road didn't slow at all. The horses kept their steady rhythm, the group advanced at the same speed as if they were just traveling normally, except now, the forest around them was being transformed.
Aisha, sitting tall, was busier than ever, her fingers moving with precision as she controlled multiple drones at once.
The controls seemed to come naturally to her, and now she had multiple live feeds showing every angle of the forest, from above the canopy to deep between the trunks.
