"Fair point. It's bigger than you, but that's not saying much. I'll dig a bigger one when we get back. It's not hard." Everyone told him he was great at it, but usually they were talking about graves. "Look, Sargent. I know how my dreams work. Most of it's going up in flames."

The strain from holding the box for this long was getting to him. He picked up the pace, not checking to see if Blue was keeping up.