Day 1.10

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Day 1.9

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Day 1.8

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Lily curls beside her roaring fire in the all-too silent darkness.
No amount of warmth can banish the chill of entering the night alone.

Day 1.7

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The sun takes many hours to dip below the far edge
of the meadow, perhaps unwilling to leave Lily
who wishes it did not have to set

Day 1.6

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Lily lunches late on a ledge beneath the last familiar
tree she will pass. She lingers with ghosts and memories.

Day 1.5

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The first six miles into the eastern wilderness
are familiar. She almost believes today is any
other day and this walk is any other walk.

Day 1.4

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Now ready for her own travels, Lily takes
a basket as a helmet and storms the gates
to the wild outdoors.

(Then closes them behind her.)

Day 1.3

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She considers using her daily parcel of magic to bring him back.

She conjures bacon and muffins for her breakfast instead.

Day 1.2

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Lily also finds a scroll tied with a yellow ribbon.

Wyett had left a map.

Day 1

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The chilly dawn seeps over the sill to illuminate a gift
from Wyett: a physical echo of his voice saying her name.

Lily smiles.