Chapter 732

• The embers died down, and so did the blue lights, announcing twilight. The group spent an hour looking for an alcove they could sleep in, found none, and settled on the worst option imaginable: the center, on a big, flat dry spot where the black blood didn't drip on them.
• "At least it doesn't last forever," Mia said, gesturing at the black muck still on their skin. It was evaporating.
• "All this time in Hell," Julisa said, rolling her eyes as she sat on a boulder, "and you still worry over blood on your skin?"