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He was falling. Falling too fast. Where was he? He could feel wind pulling at a million leaves all around him. Water crashing over rocks as an eagle dove and ripped a fish out of it. Birds chattered and took flight and pecked at fruit and Patty wished he could cover his ears against the terrifying hurricane of noise, but he couldn't find his hands.

A bullet tore into a deer's neck. He watched the hunter put a knife in its throat and felt blood dribble out onto the dirt and fallen leaves. He wanted to scream, but his voice was gone, stolen, lost.

Silently and with the souls of every living thing he felt scurrying about the forest, he pleaded for help.

Something powerful reached out.

Something dark promised him a way out.

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