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THE NOCTURNALS

some time. But the watering hole was still a long way off.

“We’ll get there by daybreak,” said Dawn.

“Mon dieu, this journey is endless, I tell you! We might as well be traveling to the stars!” The sugar glider slouched, raised a flap to his forehead, and groaned. Then, noticing Dawn’s raised brow, he quickly straightened. “Not that this is tough for moi, of course, ma chérie. And after all,” he added, sidling up next to the fox, “I’d go to the ends of the earth for you, my lady.”

“We’ll be there soon enough,” said Dawn.

“And there will be plenty to eat and drink once we get there!” added Tobin. He gave Cora an encouraging grin.

“That’s right,” said Dawn, nodding and smiling weakly. “Let’s keep going.”

“Indeed, mi bella,” agreed Bismark. “And I’ll tell stories to pass the time!”

Ignoring his friends’ rolling eyes, the sugar glider eagerly started to ramble.

“Shall I start with the time I defeated a snake with my own two paws?” he began. “It was no match for me, amigos. No match at all. Or how about that time I led us to victory against those crazy crocodiles? Or when I trapped a giant beast?” Bismark hopped and leaped through the dry grass and brown reeds, energized by his ________

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