Sequoia Coast tripeka

Even as her tongue pokes from between her lips and reaches for the water desperately needed, she cannot feel it; cannot taste it. It curdles in her stomach, a cold rush.
Where do they go from here?
Dinah knew nothing about this land, about where she was leading them. What if they walk right into danger's strong grasp? What else did they have to lose?
For this time, all Dinah can bring herself to do is lean into that touch, rest her ear against the soft heart in Mama's chest; still beating. Still red, still warm.
Daddy had still been warm.
What would time do to what was left of him?
It feels unspeakable, these morbid, awful thoughts that choke her.
Where do they go from here?
I love you. because she did not say it enough.