Half a day later, we stumbled upon what we all thought was a good place to rest. We had headed toward the rock formations we had found, and were currently on higher ground than we had occupied before. We were halfway up what I thought was a hill, and it was a position that was much easier to defend than the previous one.
“Everyone, let’s take a break,” I announced, and all the girls slumped visibly in relief. We were well into the afternoon, the sun having peaked around what had to be twelve noon, and we had slogged on for one or two hours after that. Immediately, Claire, Elsa, and Rosie flopped onto the ground. Euphie and Yvonne lowered themselves a little more gingerly to the dusty ground, but once seated, they looked as though they had no intention of getting up anytime soon.
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