I resist the urge to leave the cave and look for Joseph. He"s only been gone an hour or two at the most, and that"s not enough time for me to put myself in danger to find him. Besides, if I leave and he comes back, he won"t have any idea about where to find me, which is as much of a problem as anything.
I pick up my sword and poke it into the small fire we have going, moving one of the smouldering logs around so it won"t go out. It"s mostly for warmth. We haven"t eaten anything in a couple of days since the crackers ran out. Even with careful rationing, they didn"t last very long. I"m sure that"s the idea.
A scuffling sound at the entrance of the cave calls my attention and I rise to my feet, sword still in hand. I don"t raise it yet. It"s probably just Joseph coming back, and that would
