"Boy, will that pole take long to set up? it's getting dark and we have less than 1 foot of shadows length of light right now. Is it going to be ready by then? We should at least reach some body of water so that we can take a short break before we continue. You know how I hate to travel at night without proper lighting." Marcel was hastening to the young boy who was a Shadow in the guise in setting up the so-called beacon to mark the trading post as well as set up 2 more lighting beacons for the wagons. 3 bamboo poles were gathered along the way and a small fire was lit to straighten the pole but bend the top to almost a 90 degrees angle.this would be used to hang the beacon at the end of it and it would freely dangle from that angled end. One was set for the trading post while the othe

