“Steve, are you there?”
Camping alone with work to do took all the fun out of it, but Carol needed to tell Steve about the escape pod.
“Yes, Love,” came his welcome voice after a few seconds. “I’m glad to hear from you; the panthers have been a concern. Are you safe?”
She looked around just then with a start, then remembered that the big cats’ pattern was to go after children and near child-sized adults–and she was neither. She’d also found her guanacos to be very protective of her and almost impossible to sneak up on. Still, she smiled at Steve worrying about her.
