They struggled in the weeds together for an hour, before Billy decided they should split up.
‘Light a flare if you need help,’ he instructed, plodding away furiously.
Only when he lost his shadow around midday, did he begin to worry that Sarah might’ve found the egg first.
ThePurpleFenix 
I love the playfulness of this story and that last-minute dawning in Billy’s mind that he might have been tricked. A quick note on the prompt: it isn’t quite clear that Billy’s shadow is actually *missing.* It sounds more like the shadow isn’t actually gone, it’s just not visible because the sun is so high – which is not what the prompt asked for.
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Thanks Christine!
I’m aware the word ‘midday’ could imply a shrunken shadow, not a missing one, but I felt like going with it anyway. I’ll admit my imagination was lacking this week. Hopefully it returns, and soon!
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I like this; it makes me think! I wonder what losing his shadow indicates in regard to the discovery of the egg? I also wonder why, if he and Sarah are initially looking for the egg together, he worries that she might have found it first.
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Thank you! Yes, I was hoping to keep the intrigue alive, trying to hint at the fact that his shadow being lost could mean something graver than usual. 48 words are hard, haha.
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