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You run from the village in the direction of The Yawing,
the river that your village uses to fish and get water for cooking and washing
clothes. Branches tear at your clothes and hair and you stumble over
roots as you run frantically towards the river.
When you get to The Yawing, you see many people gathered
at its sides laughing and talking as they went about their work.
“How can you sit there?” you scream in a frenzy.
“Run! Hide! The Aures are coming to kill us all!”
When you had arrived at the river screaming, those there
had stared at you like you were mad, but now they jump up and run towards
the village leaving their things behind. Your cheeks become hot as you
thought of how foolish you must’ve looked, then you remember why you are
there and scan the banks for your two older brothers, Marc and Stephan.
You don’t see them. In fact, it seems as though everyone has suddenly
vanished. You knew that they probably went to the village, but you can’t
shake the uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach.
Do you go back to the village? -11-
Do you go look for your little sister, Mimi? -12-
Or do you look around to see if anyone else is there,
watching you? -13-