When he woke up, it was to the feeling of cold rain falling on his face.
The three quickly scrambled to get their few possessions out of the rain, and took themselves to the cabin. Vicki made them breakfast and kept them dry until the captain and his sons stretched out some fabric for them, tying it to the crates and spreading it wide to keep the rain off a fair sized section of deck.
Thomas and his friends huddled there for the entirety of the morning, talking quietly about inconsequential things, arguing lightly over events from the past that they all remembered differently, and wishing the time would pass faster.
The barge made a landing shortly after lunch, pulling into the dock at a small town. Richard announced that they would all spend the night ashore, and told them where the in
