Kind Of Obvious

It's broken, says Terence.

It's not broken, says Nerida. Let me help you.

She reinserts the fibreglass pole through one end of his tent.

Now, says Nerida. You stick the ends of the poles through these key rings.

Oh, says Terence.

You seem to know what you're doing, says Katherine.

It's kind of obvious, says Nerida. 

Yes, says Terence. Can I get in yet?

Not yet, says Nerida. Now we put the outer cover on.

She throws it on, fixes the guy lines, opens the front, ties back the flaps, unzips the mesh inner door.

Get in, says Nerida.

Yay! says Terence. He gets in.

She closes the mesh door.

Now no bugs can get you, says Nerida.

Terence looks out. No bugs can get him.

Now I'll pitch mine next to yours, says Nerida. Then, remember what we said we would do?

No, says Terence. 

String a thread up between our two tents and suspend Freddy from it, says Nerida.

Terence had forgotten, but he wants to string Freddy up anyway. 

Freddy deserves it.

Katherine extracts Freddy from the sandwich bag, where she had put him for safe-keeping, and hands him to Nerida.

Where are we? asks Freddy.

Waiting, says Terence.

What for? asks Freddy.

We're at the frog place, says Terence. But it's not dark, yet. So you're going to swing.

What if I don't want to? says Freddy.

You do want to, says Terence.

You'll have an important job, says Nerida. When you're suspended, your bead will point towards water.

So? says Freddy. 

It will help us to locate the frogs, says Nerida.

See? says Terence.

Freddy remembers the bead in his head that Gaius had put back in sideways.

He has an important job. Locating water.

He hears water trickling nearby.

Trickle-trickle.

This will be easy.