Literature
stay alive
After a week, they run out of food.
Not completely, of course. With careful rationing, Alastar has ensured that they have enough for another three days. But three days isn't three months, or even three weeks. Besides, Artie is sick and tired of canned and dried foods.
He doesn't bring up the subject right away. Everything still seems surreal, like they're going to wake up any moment now and realize that it was all just a bad dream. They don't mention it, not directly. Instead, they tiptoe around the elephant in the room, walking in a minefield where a single careless word could set them up in flames.
But eventually, they're down to only pi