Ninety-Nine

‘These people… Why won’t he do anything? He could cry out, at least.’

‘Shall we get up?’

‘Sure.’

‘What if we go down?

‘No. Because if I stay here…’

‘True. Better not.’

‘Did he move?’

‘Huh?’

‘I think he moved.’

‘I don’t think so.’

‘I just thought that maybe.’

‘Might have been the sun, a reflection. What about when it gets dark?’

‘In five minutes we’ll call Base Camp.’