The expedition will take her three weeks across cracked white earth, and Elena knows from experience that nothing is more dangerous than setting out without writing things down. She opens her leather-bound notebook to a fresh page.
On the first line she ? her name, in case the notebook is ever found by a stranger.
Below it she ? how many maps she has drawn so far — forty-two, a number she is quietly proud of.
Finally she ? the four compass directions she will need to call out for her apprentice.