On the day that Murdock, Annie, and Heather left Lantz’s group, Keith Rogers, Gary Carpenter, and Jackson Hornsby set out to find Raymond Tutt and the group of miners that had gone with him. Gary Carpenter appeared to have come through the winter unscathed. Rogers appeared sallow from his long, self-imposed, incarceration.
From what Carpenter could see, the black patches on Hornsby’s face were replaced by scars of pale skin mostly on his cheek and forehead.
“Is something bothering you?” Hornsby asked testily when he caught Carpenter scrutinizing him.
“You seem to have come through your winter ordeal with minimal damage,” Carpenter stated as he looked away.
“You don’t get the right to say anything like that to me,” Hornsby snapped. “My feet still hurt!”
Rogers put a hand on Hornsby’s c
