Dale set up a second camp near the valley of indigo stones and set to work. During the day, the crystals glittered like sapphires, sparkling like a sea of glass under the twin suns.
They seemed to enhance his ability to focus, and he soon had drawn up plans for the Harrison Express, moon edition. The purple stones were lighter than their amber counterparts, and sharper too, doubling as knives for his work. But he had to be careful, lest he gash himself. He had no knowledge of which plants possessed healing properties here and which did not.
So, he wrapped his hands in the tough purple palm leaves he’d used for the hammock, then set about fashioning a frame from a grove of bamboo-like trees he’d found near the unbinding stone field, using twine from the palm leaves to hold it together.
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