Minto woke up before daylight and began slowly and silently lowering the hammock like cocoons he had created on a whim to escape the wave of maggots the day before.
Just like everyone else he hadn't been able to sleep for more than twenty minutes at a time with all the shrieks howls and growls around them that went on and on throughout the night.
First they stood as still as they could for several minutes extending their senses as far as they were able to, and when they were sure that there weren't any other creatures in their immediate vicinity they stretched their sore and tense muscles and then sat where they stood on the intertwined roots that were opened up and mended the day before.
Okorak who was the only one that hadn't taken a seat still had a ghastly expression as he looked a
