"This has been a strange night for two who are as young as you are.

And it is a strange night for me, too.

I never before thought that I should be firing at any one with intent to kill.

But events are often too powerful for us." He closed his eyes again.
"I am going to sleep a little, if I can," he said.
But Ned and Will could not sleep.

They went to Ned's old position at the edge of the creek bed, and together watched the opening dawn.