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Appearances Over Time
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Tessa moved faster, almost frantic now, pushing through branches.
We crossed a creek, then another.
The sound of water echoed in the narrow space, making it hard to tell direction.
The ground got softer, muddier.
We started seeing old cut stumps, evidence of logging decades ago, and then fresher signs.
A length of orange survey tape tied to a branch, bright against green, like a warning.
Luke pointed.
That's recent.
Tessa's face went tight.
Yeah.
We kept going.
Then we hit a place where the trail seemed to stop, not end at a road, not fade gently.
It just disappeared into a wall of rhododendron so thick it looked like a living fence.
No blazes, no clear path, just green and shadow.
Luke stared.
This can't be right.
Tessa's hands trembled slightly on her trekking poles.
It is, she said.
Luke pulled out the map, turning it like it would reveal something new.
The trail should keep dropping.