Chapter 74

Day 18 Cont'd

I thought of the dream I had before, the cold wind and how the dirt felt between my toes. Suddenly I could see the moon through the same dense forest I was in before. It felt different this time, like I was watching things unfold, able to tell what my younger self was feeling, but not associate it with how I was currently feeling.

Younger me was panicked, and her chest was heaving up and down, her little legs were tired and sore as if she had just run miles to get where she was. She started to manoeuvre through the trees, up a slight hill to where another flat stretch of earth was, but the branches were ripping at her skin and pushing her back as her lungs burned to get to the top.

When she got there, she felt determined, like she was seeking out something, and when she tripped and took in the smell of water, she wanted to get there first.

The small clearing I had seen before appeared, and she took in a huge gulp of water to