Maele recoiled in shock when Jay's face appeared among the stars. How could...? Matt, rustling through the tent, pulled out a shadowy figure that Maele realised was the corpse of their former friend.
She choked. "We can't just leave her lying there." Despite the fact that she knew a hovercraft would be sent for the body, Maele scrambled over to a bare patch of ground, and by the dying light of day and the glow of the fire, started scrabbling in the sand and dirt. Digging a hole big enough would take forever, but in that moment, she didn't care. Jay was the first tribute killed that Maele had even slightly known; her death brought home the true hopelessness of their situation.
She choked. "We can't just leave her lying there." Despite the fact that she knew a hovercraft would be sent for the body, Maele scrambled over to a bare patch of ground, and by the dying light of day and the glow of the fire, started scrabbling in the sand and dirt. Digging a hole big enough would take forever, but in that moment, she didn't care. Jay was the first tribute killed that Maele had even slightly known; her death brought home the true hopelessness of their situation.