9 SILUS
The second shelter was a hole in the ground. I cursed the AI that had given me hope of a proper hideout. This was even worse than the tree cave. At least I'd found a muddy stream on the way here. I'd drank my fill, but without anything to carry water, I'd memorised the location so that I could carry my mate here later. I kept looking for something I could use as a bottle, a hollow fruit maybe or a leaf sturdy enough to fashion into a sack, but so far, I'd been unsuccessful. This entire expedition had been a waste of time. I hadn't found food, the shelter had turned out to be no shelter at all, and more time had passed than I'd anticipated. The undergrowth was thick and I'd had to double back several times to find a path through the forest.
I felt like a disappointment. I wasn't p
