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I felt the heat singe my feet first and broke the kiss to look down. My eyes widened as I beheld a pool of molten dirt form beneath my feet. A yelp escaped my lips as I hopped back.
Chris noticed what had caught my attention and leapt in the opposite direction. The puddle of bubbling red and orange colors sank down and vanished into the earth. The only visible sign that the lava had been there was a smooth sheen of glass that had once been dirt.
I turned my gaping face up to Chris who likewise was studying the strange happening with the same calm demeanor. “Did you see what I saw?”
“The puddle of lava?”
“Yeah, that.”
“Then I saw what you saw, but I don’t understand it.”
I snatched a stick from the ground and crept to within poking distance. Nothing bubbled or fizzed, so I t
