Logs, traces, and state shifts form a path. Read them well, or lose the trail entirely. There comes a point in every hunt when instinct alone begins to fail you. During the first signs of corruption, instinct serves you well. Strange behavior whispers that something does not belong. During the summoning of the beast, discipline teaches you how to reproduce the problem and bind the conditions around it. Yet once the creature has shown itself, even for only a fleeting moment, a different skill becomes necessary. The hunt changes. Steel alone does not carry the day. Cleverness alone becomes dangerous. This is the stage where many bug hunters lose the…