[color=a187be]"I'll take whatever path pleases me."[/color]  Ephidel replied.  By that, it appeared he meant, "an untraceable path created by bending tree limbs to my will".  He walked a few feet off the ground, tree branches bending down to make a path under his feet, then returning to their usual place when he moved on.
Ephraim was left to take the place of the hunter, moving near silently through the woods.  He watched his step carefully, trying not to leave footprints or break any vegetation.  He could do it well enough.  After all, Nycteris had taught him.