Micah
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Just a weird stillness broken only by a single shallow boot print in the dirt.
It pointed downhill and ended there.
Mara stopped talking.
Jonah stopped joking.
That night, we built a bigger fire.
Threw on every dry log we had.
The sparks went high, little flux of orange against the dark.
Jonah tried to make light of it again.
He said the words in a mock ominous tone.
If you see the Hollow Man, don't follow.
He'll walk you into the ground.
He laughed at his own delivery.
Mara didn't even look up.
Around midnight, I woke up with that prickling feeling again.
Like something was standing just outside my awareness.
I slipped out of the tent, careful not to wake the others.
The air felt colder than it should have.
Not freezing, just sharp.
The trail curved away from our camp, dipping into shadow.
And right at that bend, something stood.