>>11252037 He's been at his post for enough time to have seen the glow before sunrise and now it is an hour before sunset.
He itches from the sand and the small creeping things. The only thing he has eaten was his mandated chocolate ration, some biscuits and an occasional mouthful of water that tastes like chlorine.
He hasn't seen a singer person and only sounds have been the trees and birdsong.
