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“When is dooht? You want to know so you can have a countdown” Chuck’s hand came up and he scribbled in the air “Write it on your little calendar and check off the days”

The other hed He could only play so dumb with this crew If he looked too weak he’d beco, they’d resent hi to help “Yeah, all right I do want to know”

“It’s not a single day, it’s a tie, an eon and we’re already in it and every day the decay hastens We have no ti our neorld ready,” T

ed said

“He et back to work everyone,” Chuck added

Zeke went back to the foundation he was digging Did they see Orrin as a king? Did they genuinely see woman as tools to discard when you were done with them? Were they all okay about the idea that the cabins they were building were meant for slave laborers?

He stopped to adjust his glove when he realized he was bleeding into it from broken blisters, and when he looked up Mike and Orrin were standing there

“You were right to want to know about doomsday, Zack” Orrin motioned for Zeke to turn his hand over and inspected the torn skin “There have been groups before ours who predicted a certain date Those dates caroups floundered, broke up because they didn’t have enough clear sight to see what I do I er Ready for the worst”

Orrin Epcot was slicker than your average alomaniac with an end of the world kink “They were false prophets,” Zeke said

“I’m not a prophet,” Orrin said sternly “Don’t wander off out here Get soet infected”

Orrin turned to leave, and Zeke called after hiet to the enda “I want to help protect us against outsiders”

Orrin didn’t turn, but he didn’t walk on either “Mike will have told you not to worry about that” Confirot said Good to know

“It doesn’t seeht that I don’t help” The sooner he understood how armed this camp was the better

Now Orrin turned to face hiood work”

“I worry about Rosie”