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I barely caught my breath “But don’t worry, I’ll take you there”

Kipp dropped down onto his knees, laughing too hard to speak a word For a few hter crippled him

“My body is in a forest, buried under the ground” Zach hardly got the words out “Would youather air into his body

“But I can’t go—can’t be there to see my bones—’cause that’s just too weird”

Drool dribbled down the side of my mouth I sucked it back in, wiped rasp on reality again

It didn’t happen Not for at least five ain And decided the craziness of it all didn’tto happen

Zach returned to a sitting position, wiping the tears frohed “Fuck, if anyone just heard our conversation, we’d be committed”

I smoothed the hair away froeneral? I like my freedom, thank you very much”

Kipp had recovered enough to gather himself up to sit back on the chair “No matter how insane it all is, it’s ours to deal with”

Yes, there was that little fact Before I could say anything, Zach interrupted “So, what a?” His chin shook, but to his credit, he held back his laughter

“Sounds good toup at Kipp

He nodded and his sraphical map would be best It’ll show us little details that Hannah ht remember, such as hills and the lake she mentioned”

I relayed the information to Zach

He nodded and stood “I’ve got one in the truck” He glanced around and suddenly his eyes went cold with shame He leaned down closer to me and whispered, “Hannah’s not here with us, is she?”

My shter, as he had done “No, she said she’d ates of the park”