It’s getting colder.
Yes.
Less rain and more ice. It was November when we left.
Mmhmm.
There are fewer trees here too. A lot of open fields.
Silence.
Do you think anyone tried to follow us?
Shrug.
I guess they would have caught up by now. That helicopter, too. No one’s looking very hard. Which I guess is what we want but I’m still kind of surprised. Maybe they knew this is what we wanted. Maybe it’s okay.
Pause.
Or maybe we’ve just been lucky so far.
No response. The crunch of frozen ground underfoot.
Am I bothering you?
No.
Sometimes you’re so quiet I don’t know what you’re thinking.
Another shrug.
It’s easier to keep going if I have something else to focus on.
Keep talking then.
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