Dawn Patrol

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Teddy D-Cup stumbles through the reeds.

Trips, falls, picks himself up, and pushes toward the light of a small campfire in the clearing in front of the little caves.

He's greeted with a shotgun. A teenage boy grabs a machete and gets up. The old man just sits by the fire and looks up at him. Then the man with the shotgun sees Teddy's face and lowers the barrel. “Doctor…”

“їTomas, dуnde estб Luce?”Teddy asks.

“Gone. With the others,” Tomas says.

“їDуnde la encuentro?”Teddy asks. Where do I find her? He's learned a little Spanglish in his days in the reeds.

“You don't.” The guy learned a little English from his days in the reeds.

Teddy sits down heavily in the dirt and puts his head in his hands.

“A madrugada,”Tomas says.

Wait until dawn.