"Oh. I just thought she forgot her medicine, or something like that." Vic gave a little laugh. "And dang, you've never been on a quest before?"

She asked it anyway, even though it was a bit common in the camp. For Vic, she got her first one early, at fourteen. Not the best age to give a person a box of matches. Particularly a person whose name rhymed with 'Bic'. It was like giving gasoline to someone named 'Zippo'. Who was in fact holding a Zippo.