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Week Twelve
Who: Ryder and Dusty
What: Starting to re-build Ryder’s cabin
When: Saturday morning
Where: The ruins of Ryder’s cabin

Ryder had gotten most of the debris cleaned up and salvaged what he could from the ashes. Luckily the Twin Feather’s tendency towards architecture had built up a reserve of long pine logs that were ready and waiting. Ryder had decided a few days ago that the first thing he’d build would be a shelter for the horses and new corral. The Twin Feathers had never corralled their horses but after having lost them in the winter Ryder felt the need to have more control over them. They were after all a very precious resource. Besides, he’d discovered that one of the sorrel mares was now pregnant and he wanted to be able to keep a very close eye on her.

He’d spent the night on a friend’s floor in the canopy and awoke early the next morning to return to the site of his cabin. The cowboy who’d found his horses had offered to help him re-build his cabin, but Ryder hadn’t taken the offer too seriously. He didn’t even know the guy and besides, Dusty had already done Ryder a tremendous favor by finding and returning the remaining horses. So Ryder went to work that morning, first mapping out the holes for the posts of the corral and then beginning the arduous task of hand digging them all.