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Kee peeled her helmet and moved to check the three parkas wrapped over and around Archie. He was still all tucked in and sleeping.
Dilyana sat bundled in her parka against the cold desert night with her two hands wrapped around Archie’s good hand, the only exposed part of him other than his face. The bandage had showed no additional sign of bleeding after they moved him, so they’d decided it was safe to cover it and keep him warm rather than keep it exposed so that they could monitor the wound.
Kee slipped in behind her, so that Dilyana ended up sitting in her lap. She wrapped one arm around the girl’s waist and rested her other hand over Dilya and Archie’s. “The Kee did win?” Dilya had to shout for Kee to hear her.
“Yes. The Kee did win.”
“Good?”
Kee knew the question behind the
