Theron tracked the hounds expertly. There were probably no other Silver Mancers in the world that would dare to follow a pack of hounds so closely, but Theron was undetectable to them.
The hardest part was hiding his scent, but once you understood the principles of odor and how water could influence it, it was a simple matter for Theron with his new level of Mana control to manage it.
Moisture tended to make smells stronger. The power of a scent often came from the length of contact with the nose as well. Not only did water and water vapor do a much better job of trapping scents and forcing them to linger in particular regions, but when these odors reached the nose, the extra water content would cause them to coat the olfactory senses for much longer.
This sounded like Water Mana would do the opposite of what Theron wanted, making him smell stronger to the nose of these hounds and thus picked out with far greater ease. But it was all about applications.
