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Chapter 11

They sat until the sun was below the horizon and only twilight remained. All the lifting and hauling of the past couple days was catching up to his body. The lack of sleep wasn’t helping either. Dale stretched, and groaned at the protesting muscles. “I guess it’s time to try for the requisite two hours of sleep.”

“Shall I go back to the box?”

Dale thought about it for a moment. “Could you maybe get in bed with me instead? I know that’s a weird thing to ask but maybe if I’m subconsciously aware that someone else is close, it’ll short circuit the nightmares.”

“If it doesn’t, at least you’ll know you’re not alone when you wake up.”