She kept her expression neutral.
The afternoon passed in a productive kind of chaos.
Nala had organized the provisions into categories without being asked, grouping dried meat together, roots and berries separate, the clay water vessels lined up near the entrance.
Puka had sourced two extra carrying pouches from somewhere and was distributing weight with the focused intensity of someone who had thought about load balance before.
Xiaoli was in charge of the insulation materials and took this responsibility very seriously.
Ningning directed everything from where she sat, ankle elevated, moving nothing except her hands and occasionally her pointing finger.
It was the most authority she had exercised since arriving in the beast world and she found she was quite good at it.
