Day 2,381
EVA STOOD INSIDE THE cave next to the broken boat with Iris and Cain, holding a flashlight. They had left the others making ant and worm colonies. The smaller creatures took a long time to create, and Eva wanted them distracted until the evening; she wanted time to figure this out with Iris. She asked Cain to join them because he was the strongest, and she feared the boy.
“Abel! Abel!” Eva was searching the water, but there was no sign of her friend.
Iris admired the cave. “Can’t you feel it? There is something special in this cave.”
Eva looked around the cave, fearful. “It feels cold to me. Unfriendly.”
“No, it doesn’t. It’s not. You just can’t feel it the way I can. It feels... warm, comforting. I can feel Abel too. He’s happy. We just need to find him. It’s the source, Ev
