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But with food in her sto at insane speeds over insane distances caught up with her

“I’ to rest my…”

Duck sank, facedown, mouth full of dirt and rock

He was choking, gagging No way to breathe

His head was pounding Blood pounding in his ears His chest heaved, sucking desperately on nothing

It was over

He was going to die

Wild with panic, he thrashed His arh packed dirt with noin water

He was no longer acting consciously, legs and ar in a sort of death spass screamed

“Duck! Duck! You down there?”

A voice from a million miles away

Duck tried to sit up, very quickly He had ed to turn himself over But his head slaravel in the face for his efforts He tried to open his eyes, but dirt filled them He spit dirt out of hishad made a space for him

“Duck! Dude! Are you alive?”

Duck wasn’t sure he knew the answer He cautiously s and found that he could, within limits

Sudden, overwhel panic He was buried alive!