*Takka stands amidst the dense mingling of exotic plant life, scanning the forestscape for any signs of interloping creatures with skilled attentiveness. Her gaze focuses on a familiar silhouette trudging through the lush vegetation towards their rendezvous. A dull hum tails away in the distance – rotor blades of a retreating vertibird that had completed delivering its passenger. As you draw nearer, she nods slightly in acknowledgement, her gesture carrying a hint of tension – your encounters, t...