[shooshoo]

"I'm good," Beau said, taking a long drink of water from his canteen. "We're almost at the river anyway. We can rest there."

He put a hand to the small of his back and arched against it, stretching out and thrusting his belly out even more in the process. He proceeded to circle his hips to stretch them out as well. He definitely felt looser after that and he gave Cole a brilliant smile.

"Let's go."