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I surfaced. It was dark. The sun had set a short time after I’d escaped from the two reptiles. Darion had informed me about half an hour before that they’d finished setting up camp and had ‘turned the light on’ for me in the form of an electric lamp placed outside the entrance.
I’d surfaced every now and then to check for the light. I didn’t want to go past it.
The darkness didn’t really bother me – I could easily see my surroundings above and below the water. I kept on swimming quietly on the surface of the water, scanning the banks for a sign of Darion’s light. Nothing yet – but wait – what was that up there through the trees? Could it be the light?
I looked closer. It was definitely a light, but was it the right one? I kept swimming on the surface, keeping an eye on the light, wa
