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Appearances Over Time
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Step, breathe, drink, step.
The forest around us looked beautiful in a cruel way.
sunlight filtering through damp leaves, mushrooms bright against rot, the creek glittering.
It didn't care about our fear.
In the afternoon we heard knocking again, not far off, close enough that it made my chest vibrate.
One knock, pause, two knocks, pause, pause.
One, Luke froze.
That's it, he whispered.
That's the pattern.
Tessa listened, head tilted.
Another knock answered from farther away.
Same pattern.
Luke's eyes widened.
It's talking.
Tessa's face went tight.
It's moving, she said.
I whispered, toward us?
Tessa's gaze flicked to the trees uphill.
Or around us, she whispered.
We kept moving, faster despite Luke's limp.