"The South...?" Hammond thought for a second, putting aside his earlier thoughts about how best to sabotage Savannah's clothing.[footnote]The clothes would be green, as specified, but everything else was open for Hammond's interpretation.[/footnote] "Well 'The South' is a pretty vague idea for where we're going. It's a direction, not a destination. It all depends on how far South from here constitutes 'The South'."
He hazarded a guess at saying that he had not helped with that reply, but he had never gone to The South. He had a slight idea at how long it might be but nothing concrete, "Five days at walking pace? Maybe a week, at most? Even if it's a little further than that, we'll run across another town or city before then."
"But," he interjected into his own speech, "I think Em was joking when she said we should run off to The South."