Relics (2011)
“Joe and Elliott were working well together, and she knew she could trust Joe to make sure the job was done right. The sun was shining and the weather was mild. She’d assiduously studied maps and photographs of the Sujosa settlement, square inch by square inch, but there was no substitute for walking a site and looking it over, acre by acre. Even Raleigh had known that, according to Elliott.
Elliott had told her that the professor had seemed to spend most of the past month walking around the... settlement, just staring at the ground. According to Elliott, Raleigh had called this activity “surveying the site for areas where artifacts were likely to be found.” Joe, in his own terse yet eloquent way, had said, “You’re saying he spent a lot of time dicking around?” Which is why Joe was still chuckling when she left him in charge of Elliott and walked away. Elliott, the project’s big talker, had asked, “Where you going?” and she’d answered, “Nowhere special.MoreLess
Elliott had told her that the professor had seemed to spend most of the past month walking around the... settlement, just staring at the ground. According to Elliott, Raleigh had called this activity “surveying the site for areas where artifacts were likely to be found.” Joe, in his own terse yet eloquent way, had said, “You’re saying he spent a lot of time dicking around?” Which is why Joe was still chuckling when she left him in charge of Elliott and walked away. Elliott, the project’s big talker, had asked, “Where you going?” and she’d answered, “Nowhere special.MoreLess
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