I got back to the car and ignored the surly woman for a few minutes. The hood popped open and I pulled it up. Everything looked intact and it should start. I turned the key but no power. I found some loose wire and connected it to either battery terminal then touched them together. Not so much as a spark.
"Well, that answers my question.""Good now we can quit wasting time and keep moving."I rounded on the woman, "What is your problem?"She just ignored my question and started back down the road. The woman appeared to be a bit jumpy like she had never left the safety of a town before. I thought this was why her behavior was so odd. Not for the first time I wished the Commander had sent someone else with me. We walked for another hour before the land changed for the extreme.Terrain that should have been mostly flat farmland with small groups of trees dotting the landscape turned into sharp rock outcroppings and deep gorges that looked li
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