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One sun passes over the canyon to be quickly replaced by the other. The end of the canyon is nowhere in sight, but we follow the curvature of its crescent moon shape.
My lips are chapped, and the back of my neck stings with sunburn. The vegetation here is tough and almost inedible, so we turn our hand to fishing in the river, its current flowing stronger the further along we go. We get lucky and catch a fish that doesn’t look familiar to any of us. The air is still and we make a fire, having dried my kindling in the sun. We’re out in the open but at least we can see anything come from a kilometre off.
Takeshi helps Zhen by himself, on the premise that Pip may use the sniper rifle now that he knows how to turn off the safety. I have my doubts. I suggest that Takeshi takes the g*n, but
