The girl dissolved in giggles and Todd burst out laughing. Nick wiped his face off and said, “I think she’ll be fine. They can sense spirits and don’t like them if they’re violent. I don’t feel so good myself, so I’m not surprised she doesn’t either. If she’s not better by tomorrow, let me know.”
Todd refused to let Nick haul anything and help clean out the control room or join the advance scouting party, so he wandered along the groups of wagons. He ended up addressing a number of minor injuries and ailments among the refugees and their animals.
After hours of work, Clara and Sal finally conceded getting the lights working in this section wasn’t going to happen, nor were they going to be able to provide power to the train. When their self-appointed deadline of thirty hours was up, the g
