noon
Somebody bust out laughing when he said that , and it kind of eased the tension a little . A woman said , real disgusted , that if the men was too helpless to start a little fire , least they could do was scrape up some dry leaves because in a few hours it would get dark . Magic or no magic , watchers or no watchers , night would fall , and she for one liked a soft bed . That caused them to look up at the sky , and sure enough the sun , Ceti , was already half way down the sky from where it had been at noon . At least the world was turning and time was moving . That , at least . About three hours had passed in what seemed like minutes .