Chapter 19
We spent the next few days trying to finish our farm work as soon as possible so we could head out into the bush to remove pink tape and look for another way into Eden. We made a couple of trips back up the river to fill the water drums—and sneak some more peeks at the incredible sword—so at least I had a bit of energy back in my step. No matter how Bane really felt about the whole Eden story, he couldn’t deny that drinking the water made me feel better, and he was at least willing to follow me on my tape-removing missions without grumbling too much.
In fear of attracting any more attention to the area, I refused to take out the noisy dirt bikes, so instead Bane got a crash course on how to ride a horse. Literally. It only took a couple of falls from my thoroughbred, Alonso, b
