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“I’d help, but the tent’s only big enough for one”

“I’m small,” Peaches joked, but only sort of Skinny as she was, she had to be feeling the cold worse, and when he paid attention to it, A pretty damn brisk

“Word of warning? Head north a few klicks before you cut any farther east,” the man said

“Why?” Amos asked

“MilitiaTook a potshot at me when I went to ask for so hilee that the world went to shit and uns and paranoia pay off”

Aht it ht have been relief “Good to know Take care then”

“Peace be with you”

“And also with you,” Peaches said A the road About half a klick later, he stopped, squatting down by a tree, and watched the path they’d just walked down Peaches huddled beside hi

“What are we doing?”

“Seeing if he follows us,” Amos said “You know In case”

“You think he will?”

A about civilization, it’s what keeps people civil You get rid of one, you can’t count on the other”

She sood He wondered in passing what he’d do if she died Figure so else out, probably “You sound like you’ve done this before,” she said

“Shit, I grew up like this All these folks are just playing catch-up Thing is, we’re huer your tribe is All the people in your gang, or all the people in your country All the ones on your planet Then the churn coain”

He waved a hand at the dark gray landscape This far out, the trees weren’t knocked over, but the weeds and bushes were starting to die from the dark and the cold