On higher ground a mile away lay a larger bank of mist.

And only ten or fifteen miles ahead lay the city of Konighoff.

How many miles of desert lay between him and human life in this Dimension?

More important, how many miles lay between him and the nearest water?

Two hundred miles beyond, to the northeast, lay the city Dedera.

Some miles away to the west lay a dark blue range of mountains.

The last of their water went to the wounded, and miles yet lay before them.

So many miles and so much time lay between them.

A few miles ahead lay a broad stretch, through Pennsylvania highway.

A mile ahead of them lay the Pollux, just as they had left her.