6:30

Step One: Get some sleep. Get lots of sleep.

One of the most annoying things about being a rabbit was that sleep was a built-in function. Rabbits don’t hibernate, but they do spend a lot of time resting and processing energy. The dumbest thing about being a vegetarian was that vegetarians spend a lot of energy generating energy.  These were the kind of inefficiencies that drove Edward crazy.

Step Two: Stay out of the heat and away from the crowds. It had been bad enough the past few weeks, dealing with everyone without deliberately going out of his way to seek social interaction. Let the people do as they may. Edward was sitting this one out.

Step Three: A little research was in order. There were a few things about the last couple of weeks that didn’t quite ring true and since the next few weeks’ outcomes were going to be completely predicated on what had just finished happening, a little peek into what was going on under the surface just might make things easier to foresee.