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Appearances Over Time
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Behind us, once, faintly, far off, a whoop echoed.
And from somewhere closer on our side of the ridge, a whistle answered.
Tessa didn't slow.
Don't you turn around, she said.
I didn't.
Day four, the hollow that isn't on the map.
That night we camped in a miserable spot because we didn't have a choice.
Rocky ground, little cover, no water nearby.
We ate cold food to avoid smoke.
We barely spoke.
Luke was angry in that simmering way that people get when they feel powerless.
We should report them, he whispered, like the woods couldn't hear.
Tessa stared into the darkness.
report who she said two men with rifles in the woods they'll say you got spooked luke's jaw clenched they threatened us tessa's voice went flat they didn't yet she said and i hated the implication in that
Yet.
I slept with my shoes on.
I slept with my bear spray in my hand.
Finger looped through the strap.
I slept in short bursts, waking at every snap.
Just before dawn I heard the knocking again.