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It wasn't just one text. [ More like 8. Probably. He doesn't care to remember. There's another confused look at that last thing about the 'wigwams', but he's come to realise that Dave rarely ever makes much sense. ]

Wait, we should finish the frame first. [ Ed picks up the poles and starts joining them together. He hands Dave some poles too. ]

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[Surprisingly(???), Dave doesn't argue with Ed about the poles. He just takes them and more or less does what Ed is doing, kicking the tarp to one side.]

I could have sent you more. [He would have sent more if he didn't get a response before that, tbh.] But I was rudely interrupted.

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I really don't want any more. [ He stresses, just in case the shenanigans are going to continue after he tries to go back to sleep later. With the poles on his side joined, he now motions to join them with Dave's. Eventually, eventually, their frame will start looking more tent-like. ]

Promise me you're actually gonna go to sleep after we fix this up.

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[Dave's shoulders raise in a shrug.]

Who knows. Getting a decent bit of shuteye is kind of a pain in the ass sometimes. Shrieking eldritch horrors and the like don't really make it easier, even after they decide to ollie back whence they came.

[He hooks his half of the frame up to Ed's, then stands back to inspect it.]

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[ With the frame finally looking like a tent, Ed picks up the tarp and hands one end to Dave. ]

You're worried about that thing showing up again? [ It is a real concern, so the irritation lines in his frown ease. They were more at a disadvantage compared to the people with actual rovers to protect them. ]

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No. [Wait.] Well, yes. If it doesn't come back, something else will show up instead.

[He says it with the offhand certainty of the cynical, as he takes his end of the tarp and tries to fit it over the frame with questionable success.]

And even besides that, I dunno. A lot has happened. [Which is...kind of an understatement, between repeated attacks and crew changes.]