Core-Alena and backwards in time Daniel Day sat for a while without talking, then:
“You must be the tree that was killed,” he said over the top of his book that was also the script. “I can, um (still reading), tell by your glossy green color.”
But recently reborn Core-Alena hadn’t finished experimenting with new forms and remained silent. Daniel turns the page.
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Later in the house:
“Interesting.”
“There’s that game again.”
Eavesdropping Daniel outside the window moves away from the house and rings up Newt/Baker. “We have a place.”
Sunklands 