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2022-04-13 14:31:04We stepped inside.
Hawk’s blue lights following us to brighten inside the small structure.
The walls were only about ten foot in each direction. With long slender windows on the corners only. But in here it was warm.
Even without a fire.
There was a quiet stillness here that told me it had been abandoned along while. But at one time, it was used a lot.
There was a fully made bed through a side door. Plush furs covered it and the pillow looked down-filled.
It looked soft and inviting and I felt endlessly tired.
I wanted to stumble over there and collapse face down on it. I was sure I’d be asleep nearly as fast as I hit it.
The cabin smelled dusty but there was still a strange hint of flowers.
Like someone had taken very good care of it once.
***
“What is this place?” It seemed deceptively like a shack on the outside. But inside…
“It was supposedly
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