It was hard to imagine that just this morning, his biggest problem had been being assigned Elchanan Stark as partner
“There’s nothing we can do.”
Elchanan’s voice sounded strange. Was it fear? Exhaustion? Or was it helplessness, as even Elchanan Stark himself admitted that they were stuck?
“Avi?” Elchanan’s voice spoke in the darkness again, tentative. “Still there?”
A wry chuckle escaped his throat. “Yeah. There aren’t many places to go.”
Avi heard movement. Elchanan seemed to be feeling his way around the small area where they’d sat down. “Unless… we could try? Going back, I mean.”
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