Abominations
“Maybe it was by their social rules? It made sense to her not to tell him the truth, Reg being liable to mock her efforts if he knew what she was really doing. Not that she really knew what she was doing herself, the Westmorlands all having been pretty closed mouth about everything.
The next morning she met Winslow in the dark again, the snow having fallen to about eight inches deep. He handed her a heavy coat, helped her into the metal shoe spikes and had her help him in return, then hand...ed her a heavy pack to wear. He shrugged one on himself, then led her on a long slow jog, much longer than the others had been, after an hour he had them stop for water, which they drank quickly, then they started again.
Near the end of the second hour, on their second break, he handed her a power conduit, a different one than she'd used before, she could tell, because it looked slightly reddish, in the early morning light, instead of the plain silver of the last one.
He pointed toward a snow bank, moving her arm to the side gently and had her trigger it, cautioning her not to look at the unit, but the snow itself.MoreLess
The next morning she met Winslow in the dark again, the snow having fallen to about eight inches deep. He handed her a heavy coat, helped her into the metal shoe spikes and had her help him in return, then hand...ed her a heavy pack to wear. He shrugged one on himself, then led her on a long slow jog, much longer than the others had been, after an hour he had them stop for water, which they drank quickly, then they started again.
Near the end of the second hour, on their second break, he handed her a power conduit, a different one than she'd used before, she could tell, because it looked slightly reddish, in the early morning light, instead of the plain silver of the last one.
He pointed toward a snow bank, moving her arm to the side gently and had her trigger it, cautioning her not to look at the unit, but the snow itself.MoreLess
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