"It's almost dawn," Danny said. "It's going to be awfully hot in an hour."
"We've got to keep going," Naecken said. "If the sun doesn't fry us, those buzzards will."
Mxy looked up and saw a nest of buzzards, resting up. When the sun rises, they would, too.
"Couldn't you just run ahead and find out where we're headed?" Sonja asked Tobias.
"Possibly, but vibrating that van took a lot out of me," Tobias said. "It'll be another few hours before I'll be back to full speed, plus that water Mxy found is affecting my system."
"Then it's decided," Naecken said. "We keep moving. Maybe with some luck we'll be out of this desert by nightfall."
