They decided to walk and talk along the trail that led to the other Forest Giants. It was an easy trail, and she was finally able to catch her breath. “You ever been here before?” she asked Jeremy. “Never,” he said. “Bit small for people to get lost in. You can hear the highway.” Had he been in search-and-rescue so long that he judged forests not by their beauty but by how easy or hard it was to get lost in them? “I almost came here this summer,” she said, pausing to study Little Elena, the daughter of the giant troll family. The figure sat on the ground, playing with a large stone like a toy
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