She logged on through her glasses as a casual access point and briefly monitored her own black mark. No change. News was scarce. Bounty hunters weren’t ones to share information, fearing a loss any advantage over the competition. There were rumors of her surfacing briefly the other day, but most disregarded them, the details of her escape so unlikely as to be unbelievable.

Sprite clicked off, chuckling to herself, then switched her glasses over to test her fairies signals. Strong and clear with little interference here. She hoped the signal would be just as good a few hours from now.