Taleverna

Quite possibly he _would_ die of thirst. Quite possibly he could shout his lungs out and still remain trapped. If a search had been made and they had failed to find him, sullen anger might have tempted them to do an unthinkable thing. They might have locked the door of the compartment so that the corpse would have no opportunity of escaping prematurely and making them look like fools. Corriston was just starting to climb out of the bin to investigate the truth or falseness of that utterly demoralizing possibility w…