Deadfall: Agent 21
“There was a babbling noise, almost like a human laughing. It sounded like it came from the treetops, though not too close.
‘Chimpanzees, probably,’ said Gabs a moment later. ‘That’s what it sounds like. Hope we don’t bump into any. They can be a real nuisance.’ ‘A nuisance how?’ But Gabs didn’t answer.
Morning had turned to afternoon. It was now three o’clock. Gabs had been right. The rainwater had soon evaporated from their clothes, but Zak still wasn’t dry as the sweat continued to pour from ...his body. He felt dirty. Greasy. And very thirsty.
Every forty-five minutes or so, Raf would stop, having found a particular kind of vine in his path. ‘Fresh water vine,’ he explained to Zak the first time he located one. ‘In some parts of Africa they call it “tourist skin” because its skin peels away like tourists’ in the sun.’ Sure enough, the outer layer of the vine was coming away in sections, like damp wallpaper. Raf would cut strips of vine from the plant and hand them round.MoreLess
‘Chimpanzees, probably,’ said Gabs a moment later. ‘That’s what it sounds like. Hope we don’t bump into any. They can be a real nuisance.’ ‘A nuisance how?’ But Gabs didn’t answer.
Morning had turned to afternoon. It was now three o’clock. Gabs had been right. The rainwater had soon evaporated from their clothes, but Zak still wasn’t dry as the sweat continued to pour from ...his body. He felt dirty. Greasy. And very thirsty.
Every forty-five minutes or so, Raf would stop, having found a particular kind of vine in his path. ‘Fresh water vine,’ he explained to Zak the first time he located one. ‘In some parts of Africa they call it “tourist skin” because its skin peels away like tourists’ in the sun.’ Sure enough, the outer layer of the vine was coming away in sections, like damp wallpaper. Raf would cut strips of vine from the plant and hand them round.MoreLess
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