Alli stood up from where she knelt after drinking as much water as she could stomach. She had begun walking as soon as the sun came up that morning after struggling to get small bouts of sleep in the tree the night before.
She had wandered through the dry woods for most of the day before stumbling upon a swampy patch. The lack of water and increasing heat of the day had been torture.
After finding a blackberry bush Alli had spent a while picking it clean. She kept telling herself she needed to keep moving but the thought of eating something other than moss or leaves was too enticing. With her mouth full of the juicy berries, Alli resumed the activity she had spent most of the day doing.
Arguing with herself.
Any more bright ideas, Al? She groaned as the sun inched ever closer to the
