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—In the distance, the boundary between the field of flowers and the desert collapsed, and a shadow saw the small band swallowed in the shattering.
Watching from the distance, the shadow slithered in the darkness of the tower.
Leaving the window it had been standing at, the shadow stepped on the stone floor and descended the spiral staircase.
The shadow’s footsteps were slow, but they gradually picked up speed, getting restless.
“—I found you.”
It was a hoarse, ragged murmur, like a voice that had not spoken in years. But there was no one who would mistake the emotion in that voice for joy.
“I found you.”
—That much was certain.
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