When they sat down and really thought about it, April and Mal decided that obviously, the best activity that two Lumberjanes could do together (the best friendly activity, anyway) was to explore the woods together. It was just what they knew
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She did not want to think about parents. Absent parents. Pseudo-parents. Unknown parents. Everything else. No.
So she was running, running a lot. And finally taking a break, lying down in the center of those strange stone angels, their predatory fingers reaching far over her head toward some unknown prey.
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"Do you think that was a person running?" April was saying.
"It sounded like a person," Mal replied. "I hope they weren't being chased. Wait, what are these things?"
Then there was a crunching of leaves, and suddenly Mal and April were in Hanna's clearing.
"Oh, hi," Mal said lamely. "I didn't mean to bother you. Um, are you okay?"
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She wasn't bothered yet, anyway. This didn't look too weird, did it, lying under terrifying statues? ... what was the question?
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Her eyes were bright with concern, because she was a caretaker like that.
"This is Mal. She's my friend from camp. Mal, Hanna."
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