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"Must have been boring. "
"We talked. "
"About anything in particular?"
"Different things. "
"Different things are good. I like different things. "
Shrike took her coat from the ground and, after testing with her hand to see if the ashes were cool, scooped the charred remains of their fire into lining. She then tied the whole thing in a bundle.
"What are you doing?" asked Spyder.
"I dont want to leave a big arrow pointing to where weve been or where were headed. We bought some reeds from the river and can drag those over the sand to dampen out footprints. The wind will do the rest. "
"Any ETA on that city?"
"A day or two, depending on our pace," said Primo. He was already smoothing the sand on the far side of the fire with another bundle of reeds.
"I dont suppose we have any food?"
"No, but we have a fresh water source and thats more important," said Shrike.
"And lord knows weve got weapons," Lulu said, using the bottom of her Hello Kitty shirt to polish the blade of a long, thin knife with a yellowed bone grip.
"When do we move out?"
"Right now," Shrike said. "Ready?"
"As a bubbling Pop Tart. "
"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars," said Count Non, hoisting his saddlebags onto his shoulders.
"What?"
"From the Romans. Marcus Aurelius, I think. In this case, it means, lets start walking. " He tossed Spyder the weapon hed been playing with the night before. "Here. Work with that some more. You really werent doing too badly. And it cant hurt to have as many competent
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