You really took this story and ran with it. I’m glad the bizarre dream wasn’t the end of it and can go with this much more easily. I didn’t quite follow the going into the water bit (how the sequence ran and the point of it), but it’s a really cool continuation of the story.

I had forgotten to add ‘bile glistened on his chest," or something to show that the guy’s in the same boat

Native Americans are good.

Just when I thought this was going to be just another apocalyptic horror epic, the Chippewa shows up to save the day!

I’ll keep reading…