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The snowflakes were sticking tolooked blurry I tried to blink theht was still blurry Then I realized the snowflakes weren’t the problem

"Yes, I’m General Clark" He held his hand out toStella He smiled understandably and put his hand back down "You were at the quarantine? I don’t re," I said "I kept to irl you have with you?" Clark asked, bending down to Stella’s level She shied away from him and buried her head in my shoulder

"This is Stella," I said "We found her outside of the quarantine"

"We?" Clark looked around "Is therefor us," I explained "We’re heading there now"

"Do you mind if I join you?" Clark asked "I don’t want to be any trouble, but I don’t want to stay out in this snowstoroing in the direction I hoped the farmhouse was, Clark talked a in response, and Stella said nothing at all, so eventually he stopped I did think it was a little weird how jovial he see the whole zo alone for a long time Maybe he was just relieved and excited to have found people again

I didn’t have th to be paranoid, either I still refused to put Stella down, and that was taking enough ofto lass stingingin etting close I’d started stuested I put her down, but I refused both

Then finally, I could see the glow of a fire froave out and I fell to et hurt

"Re his hands out to ht there"

"No," I insisted "I’ve got her"

But I didn’t really Clark actually had to helpand swaying as I walked I was so dizzy, I felt like I ht tip over at any moment, and my skin was on fire

I stumbled up to the back door, and I couldn’t even turn the knob I pounded on the door, with Clark askingwas okay behind me

"Remy!" Boden smiled when he opened the door, but his expression ied to one of confusion when he saw Clark with me "General Clark?"

"I found him on the way here," I mumbled out a response and pushed past Boden into the house

After being in the snow for so long, the house felt insanely war It was suffocating