A/N: I actually have this story and the sequel already complete, and the two stories push over 30,000 words. So don't worry, the chapters will get longer. I will also be posting large clumps of this relatively quickly (power outages permitting J ).

Thanks for the feedback, though! I really appreciate it!

Day 4 – Small Favors

A slight routine has been established. We sit around in the complete darkness and sleep or meditate for hours on end. We trade the occasional jibe, but she would be so disappointed in herself if I told her that I've noticed less venom in her responses.

One of us always keeps the water bucket by our side and we pass it off to the other person when they ask for it. It ensures that we don't accidentally knock it over. It may be the vilest tasting water I have ever tried, but it's also the only thing we have. Unless you count the occasional slop that they toss into our jail.

She hardly makes any physical contact with me. That's really too bad though, because it is freezing in here. I know she feels it too because I hear her teeth chattering every once in a while.

Yesterday, we found out where our air is coming in from. It would appear that there are a few small holes in the far corner of the container. We found these holes when it started to rain. It appears that the holes will let water in, but no sunlight. How that engineering feat was accomplished, I don't think I will ever know. We tried to see if we could use the newly discovered holes to escape, but all we got for our efforts were cuts around our fingers as the metal dug into our flesh.

So now we are nursing our wounds and trying to keep our wits about us. I wish she would sit beside me though. If nothing else, at least we could provide heat for each other. And there's always the chance that it would stop her incessant pacing back and forth.

But the only time she is really civil to me is when she asks me to hum so that she can go to the washroom. She can't stand to let me listen to her use the washroom pail.

So I hum loudly and let her freeze to death by herself.  Women make no sense to me at all sometimes.