We worked in silence for half the night. There was nothing to talk about, anyway. More stones, more rocks, more mud. When I did finally speak, it was only to let Ares know that I didn’t need any more material to make the rest of the enclosure. We had more than enough, even for tomorrow night when I would have to put together the final side and figure out exactly how to finish the task. I had to leave an opening for the pigs to file into, but also find a way to swiftly close that opening once they were all inside.
I took off my hoodie and resisted the chill that passed through me like the sweep of a cold scythe. I wasn’t afraid of hard work, and I wouldn’t shirk from the elements either. I moved back to where I had placed the gathered berries on the ground over a pile of leaves and kneeled
