We get the word to move up the hill later . We're going to build two hooches simultaneously. The spots are side by side, on the edge of a mud cliff left by the dozers, and one hooch will back up against the other, the doors facing opposite directions. Prophet scrounges an extra shovel, so we have three now.
We cook. Everybody seems plenty satisfied to be digging in and we all work hard. Omar is working beside me and he is extremely strong and tireless. Even though it is raining hard it is stifling hot and the sweat burns my rot. The scabs have begun to spread fast. It started under my arms and beneath where my ruckstrap rides on my shoulders, but now there is a constant streak of open sores down to my waist from my armpits. The sweat makes it sting so I wipe mud onto it. The mud takes the
