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Appearances Over Time
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So it was someone.
Tessa's face stayed blank.
"'Pack up.'
We reached the split by late morning.
There was a weathered sign, half-rotted, pointing one way toward the ridge continuation and another down into a narrow drainage."
The downed trail looked darker immediately, like the trees closed over it.
The air coming up from it smelled damp and earthy.
Luke stood at the junction, map in hand.
Technically, we could drop down for water and camp lower, he said.
Make up time.
It might even be prettier.
Tessa looked down the low trail like she was looking into a mouth.
No, she said simply.
Luke's jaw tightened.
He didn't like being overruled, even if he respected her.
Okay, he said, a little too clipped.
We stayed high.
For a while, the day got normal again.
Sunlight through leaves.
The sound of our boots.