S1.7: Night watching
“The next night, Fabian set off for the Night Watcher shelter, carrying Giles the pea on his shoulders. Obviously he hoped he wouldn’t have to use Giles to raise any alarm. No bulb spiders were predicted at this time of year, for example. But there was no point in having such a resource and not taking it, just in case. As he made his way, he could feel the gentle vibrating snore that seemed to characterise most of the pea’s day. Goodness this pea could sleep!” “I’ll take over now.” says Lottie: “I know a detail you may not... “Fabian did his usual stupid meditations. The sky was clear for once with lots of stars. Giles was sleeping and Fabian felt happy and he did something surprising. He jiggled Giles awake and thought at him, with vigour , as the Pod had instructed. He felt a kind of ‘transfiguration’… “Steady on, Lottie!” “No, I mean it. And he said , or he thought : ‘Thank you Pod for the loan of Giles. I will look after him with all my care and all my strength!’ “...
