Larkin nods. "We can use fallen branches, probably, but having axes means we can cut down small trees to make the structure. It'll be sturdier that way."

He hasn't had to build his own shelter in a while, but he remembers how. He'd built on his own for at least three decades, before he'd joined the Guard. He'd just been a poacher, back then, living off what he caught and keeping ahead of the local police.