The heat was only bearable for short periods of time. They took several breaks, drinking water and taking small spoonfuls of salt from a bag that Darling, being a jungle kind of girl, had brought with her. She knew a lot about the practical science of survival. While it was not a feasible conversation to have with her right now, Bastian thought she should start reading with him.
They had enough of this sweating and trying not to die business that their captain decided he would first have some relaxing sweaty time with someone before making the final dash towards the location of the Hunter's Crypt.
It was getting really hard to decide which willing hole to try next, though. He had given Amanda enough attention lately that he thought she was kind of getting a bit tired of him by now. He could not be sure, but at least that was a really good excuse to have a go with the ones he had not seduced yet.
