Her lips warm against my head.
"It was never going to be ok Oez." Her tear streaked face. "It was never ok."
"We can do it Ves, we've made it this far. Don't give up now, we have to be close." I plead as her hands become smoke.
"Did you hear that?" She turns as if she can't hear me.
"Stay with me Ves! Please I'm scared." I whimper.
"It sounds like salvation." She looks away.
I hear nothing, an ambient silence all around I reach to grab but it goes through her. Wet smoke I want to hold her, but I can't.
"Oez?" She looks confused "ooze?" It's like she's looking through me.
"Don't do it Ves. It can't take us if we stay together."
"It's so beautiful, I always wanted…" she breaks off.
"Ves?"
She can't hear me. I know. I can't bear to be alone, please Ves stay.
"I'll be back. Stay here Oez you're not going to starve as long as I'm here."
Shuffle! shuffle! shuffle!
The toes of the trees creep and I am alone.
Titter titter goes the amused wood. Gone forever she is.
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