The conversation doesn't have time to go on for that much longer. Soon enough they're out in the open and fortunate enough to have a clear run on the way to the supplies. It's easy to play distraction for the others on the way back, and so begins the day's real work.
They're caught together. That doesn't mean they're kept together, but it does mean that when it's all over they stumble back into the tunnels around the same time.
Stephen's first unsteady paces have him staggering off-balance and then losing it completely. He's left trying to push himself weakly away from the ground, urgently trying to stand, his fever too thickly wrapped about him to allow for it. ]
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[ That's a firm no, but thanks for trying.
The conversation doesn't have time to go on for that much longer. Soon enough they're out in the open and fortunate enough to have a clear run on the way to the supplies. It's easy to play distraction for the others on the way back, and so begins the day's real work.
They're caught together. That doesn't mean they're kept together, but it does mean that when it's all over they stumble back into the tunnels around the same time.
Stephen's first unsteady paces have him staggering off-balance and then losing it completely. He's left trying to push himself weakly away from the ground, urgently trying to stand, his fever too thickly wrapped about him to allow for it. ]