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Appearances Over Time
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The sight wasn't obvious from the trail.
Exactly the kind of place that feels safe because you're hidden.
While Luke and I set up the tent, Tessa went to filter water.
I watched her crouch by the creek, hands moving quick, practiced.
She looked relaxed for the first time all day, like water made her feel anchored.
Luke was humming while he staked out the tent, and that's when the first rock hit.
It wasn't a landslide.
It wasn't random.
It was a single stone that came out of the trees across the creek and smacked into a trunk near us with a hard thunk.
The sound snapped through the clearing.
Luke straightened.
What was that?
Another rock came larger, splashing into the creek.
I turned, scanning the trees.
Nothing moved.
No deer.
No person.
Just trunks and leaves.
Luke's grin started again.
Nervous excitement.