"Why don't you just go ahead of me, Doc," She says, the final word with a touch of sarcasm. No way she was going to let him walk along behind her. She wanted him right where she could see him.

But first, where to? She looked around - had she been here before? - and then: "Right. Okay. I know vaguely where we are. There's a really big tree up that way-" She pointed in its direction, "Big hollow trunk, and you can climb up on the inside a little ways. You know. If someone hasn't already made camp in there. But it was empty last time I checked."