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Appearances Over Time
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In a muddy patch near a seep, there was a fresh boot print.
Not ours.
Too wide.
Deeper tread.
Tessa crouched, touched it lightly, then stood.
They're close, she murmured.
Luke's face went pale.
Why, he whispered.
We're leaving.
Tess's eyes were hard.
Because you've seen their hollow, she said.
Because they took your messenger, and they don't want you telling anybody they took it.
Luke's throat worked.
So what?
They just, they just kill people.
Tessa didn't answer directly.
She looked away.
Sometimes folks go missin', she said quietly.
Sometimes folks get blamed for their own disappearin'.
The day stretched long, the kind of long where your brain starts narrowing to simple tasks.