The terrain here was rugged and the jungle was dense, making the journey exceptionally difficult. Naomi Kenway was carrying a large backpack, holding Ian Shaw's hand with one of hers and using a wooden stick in the other to help her walk.
It wasn't a stick she had bought; she had just found it by the side of the path. It was smooth all over and didn't give her any splinters.
Before they left, Renee Jennings had made sure she and Nathan Lynch put on rain boots. For some reason, though, the muddy ground felt stickier and stickier the farther they walked.
Renee Jennings was carrying food supplies in both hands, so she didn't have a free hand to hold Nathan Lynch's. Mona was walking on his own when he suddenly stumbled and fell to his knees with a SPLAT. Muddy water splashed everywhere, and his rain boot sank deep into the earth, leaving a hole.
"Mommy, it hurts!" Nathan Lynch's eyes instantly reddened.
