Sleep felt like it would be difficult, so I packed instead of trying to go to sleep. That task done, I sat on the end of my bed feeling restless. Eventually I went to bed; sleep took a long time to find me but it finally caught up.
Restless slumber made my mind shuffle through thoughts that had temporarily lain dormant just waiting for such an opportunity and keen to show themselves again. I saw Miranda and Fletcher, although they were just small children. And there were others too, and trees. The view over the fields to the town flashed by, along with six trees numbered in big black letters and lying on the field. Then the trees were logs and the logs were burning as Gabe, Lola and I sat around the fire. The numbers on the wood fell prey to the blaze; one, two, three, four, five, six. Th
