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Get the APPTraveling to ancient tribes to build infrastructure
Chapter 3
t through the hole in the roof, h
dy ached from sleeping on the solid stone slab.
athing shallow but even. She moved quietly, slipping
ld. Ariel selected a few of the thickest, most flexi
nots, twisted strands, and wove the vines together with practiced e
e fish basket sat in her lap. It had a
rubbing his temples. He froze when he saw he
breaking through his usual dull, sickly facade. B
he grinned, holdin
waving him over. "L
ing up, the air still cool. They reached the riverbank
led back on itself. She dropped the basket int
w fat, squirming mutated earthworms. She crus
cked up several thin, sharp-edged stones. She tested t
sed. Ariel point
she in
rope. Together, they ha
nside, more than a dozen mutated fish thrashed wil
hese fish were notoriously hard to catch. Fa
hree swift moves, she gutted a fish, scraping out the in
hite fish meat on a flat rock. She picked up another
into a sticky paste. She spotted some wild ginger grass growing nearby. She ripped up
She set their only dented iron pot on top, fille
d her left hand into a fist, and using her thumb and index finger, she forced a perf
aroma exploded into the air. It was incredible. Noth
hroat bobbed visibly. His e
with a stick. She blew on it twic
at
econd, then opened h
, and deeply satisfying. It burst across his taste buds. It
t Ariel, this dirty, skinny girl, li
shock. Her s
he said. "Permanent partner
He swallowed. He didn
es
nod
oden bucket and hurried toward the center
er her feet. In her mind, she wasn't just seeing dirt. She was
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