Reese and I were sparing as we ate some crackers. The Order had prepared fairly well, even in their secondary hideout, for the inevitable day when they were found out and could no longer return to their barracks and pretend to be obedient citizens of The Complex, but how long we would have to make their supplies last was, for the moment, unknown to me.

I was still thirsty but I only allowed myself a third of a bottle of water until morning. Water had to be even more carefully rationed than food; one could survive without food for weeks but without water, we would die within a few days. I recalled learning those basic survival facts in the classroom but I ne...

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