Birdie awoke to a bright, hot sun streaming down on the tarp which she and Veritas had huddled under after their turn at the wheel was over. She gave a suspicious sniff and looked down at the slumbering Elf. Whooo! Even an Elf could stand a bath after a night of storm and hard work! (Bird didn't even want to think what she smelled like.)
She stood and stretched, then gave Veritas a nudge with her foot. She immediately awoke and wrinkled her nose, giving the skin-changer a sideways look. Then she too threw off the tarp, and leapt up in a far more jaunty manner then Birdie had.
"Where are we?" she asked, scanning the horizon around them. They noticed Pio and Mith working at the charts and walked over to find the answer.
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