The night improved a lot after that. The deputies arrived, took their statements, and hauled the bad guy away. They decided to stay in the tower overnight. The space was the shape of an octagon, with communications and testing equipment taking up most of the middle, and a small bedroom and kitchen area filling the rest. The big panes of glass on all sides looked out on the dark forest and a vast sky filled with the first evening stars. It felt as if they were floating over the forest in a glass bubble.
Before it got completely dark, Rollo and Finn jogged back down the trail to grab their gear. They left Brianna and Merry in charge of raiding the Forest Service's stores for dinner. By the time he and Finn returned, soup was heating on the stove and plates of crackers awaited their brie.
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