The humid island air provided ideal conditions for trees to flourish. Finding some pinewood among the dense foliage wasn't difficult; pines tended to grow in clusters, so finding one usually meant finding them all.
Dilan hadn't been idle. Using the dry branches he'd gathered earlier, he started a fire in the pit. Flames roared, and thick smoke billowed upwards.
The heat and quantity of these dry branches were certainly insufficient, but for the current situation, they sufficed.
To reinforce the pit walls, Dilan had poured seawater around them. Now, the entire pit was damp and unusable. The purpose of these burning branches was to dry the walls.
Dilan had already minimized the gaps and air pockets between the soil particles. Drying would make the walls even more solid, especially with
