Thirty-Seven

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Kane: "You won't go back where sweetheart?" I asked her while pulling her from the sandy beach into my arms. I couldn't resist the urge to have her close to me; I needed to feel her and know she was okay. "I need Uncle Clyde. Where is Darcel?" She asked through chattering teeth. "Don't worry, we're taking you home. Just relax." I whispered into her hair. "I gave up. I didn't even try to save myself." She buried her face into my chest, barely breathing in an attempt to keep herself from crying. I was silent. I didn't know what to say. How could I respond to that? "Who was that man?" I asked her. It was the only thing I could think to say. "What, man?" She asked, confirming for us that as a human, she must not have known whatever the being was had been watching her drown. "It's o

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