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“She needs to stay in bed today, resting.”
    “Agreed.”
    They both finished and zipped up. Geoff wished he had some soap, but water would have to do, and they both rinsed off their hands.
    “So, Captain,” Geoff said as he turned to the other man. “What’s on your agenda today?”
    “Let’s find some dry wood and then go hunting.”
    “Okay.”
    It didn’t take them long to find a large log that was perfect, and using some vines they hauled it back toward the pod. Krig used a tarp to cover it in hopes of drying it out a little more. Geoff checked on Keirah to see she was still sleeping. Although he was slightly worried she hadn’t woken up, he knew the best thing for her body was rest, so he tried not to fret too much.
    The pod had a small axe that would’ve made chopping firewood a bitch, so Krig grabbed a small torch and Geoff helped the Alphan climb to the top of the pod, where the metal hull had twisted upon impact, to salvage some of it for an axe.
    “There’s a lot of creature parts up here,” Krig called out. “I’m going to throw some metal down to you, but we’re going to have to clean it up.”
    Geoff stood back as several metal shards were thrown down, and then he used some of the collected water on the tarp to clean off the pterodactyl blood and gore. Krig climbed down. Being a city boy, Geoff watched, fascinated, as Krig twisted vines tightly around the piece of sharp metal on a piece of sturdy wood. Soon he was chopping away, testing the sharpness of the metal blade as well as the sturdiness of the vines.
    Geoff realized he wasn’t much help in this wilderness and tried to keep out of Krig’s way. Now, if they’d had to hot wire a car or pick pocket someone then he was the man for the job, but this moon was a far cry from the concrete jungle he’d scoured as a teenager.
    Halfway through the day it showered, although Geoff didn’t see much relief from the humidity as soon as it was over. The tarp had collected more water, and he was thankful they hadn’t landed in a desert.
    “I want to hunt,” Krig said after the little rain shower had ended.
    “Want me to go with you?”
    Krig shook his head. “Someone needs to stay with Keirah. I’m not sure sleeping so much is a good thing.”
    “A human body heals through sleep,” Geoff said. “I’m worried, too, but her fever is going down, and she doesn’t appear to be in distress. Besides, there’s not much else we can do.”
    Krig took a deep breath and nodded. “Okay. I’ll not stay out too late. About an hour.”
    “How do you know the animals on this planet are edible?”
    Krig’s eyebrows rose. “I figured I’d get you to test it first, and if you die then I know I can’t eat it.”
    “Hilarious. No really, I’m laughing on the inside.” But one corner of Geoff’s mouth curled up when Krig grinned.
    He watched the Alphan head into the thick forest, disappearing almost instantly and wondered why he wasn’t hoping he never returned. Maybe because he knew they needed him to survive? Because fuck if Geoff knew one thing about wilderness survival. But he suspected it had more to do with the fact he’d feel guilty as hell if the bastard never returned. And Keirah might not like it. She seemed to have developed some sort of bond with Krig.
    He decided to test out his skill at chopping wood and grabbed the handle. Krig had made this look easy, so Geoff figured he could help the dude out. It didn’t take him long to realize the task was fucking hard, but he’d be damned to give up and see the Alphan smirk at him, so he kept at it.
    He was so focused on his work it took a moment for the high pitched shriek to register. He halted the next swing and looked around. The shriek came again, louder, and above him, and he looked up.
    “Holy fuck!” he muttered as he saw three of those pterodactyl creatures sitting on top of the pod. One was staring down at him like he was a tasty morsel. “If I say shoo will you go away?”
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