“Before”
There had been so little time... before, but now the dust was starting to settle. They’d been wandering (Working? Adventuring? Traipsing around?) together long enough that both had settled into a pattern. One would scan the horizon, the other would scrounge for ammunition or food. It was difficult to get out of that rhythm; neither would it be easy to face their next task.
It had been a long journey back to this place, back to the White Forest base. Difficult because of the distance of course, but more so since their helicopter had run out of fuel more than a thousand kilometers away. They had been able to fix u