she is already here. The monster set him down abruptly, almost dropping him to the earth, and Conor stumbled forward.
He recognized the cold ground under his hands, recognized the clearing he was in,
bordered on three sides by a dark and impenetrable forest, recognized the fourth side,
a cliff, flying off into even further blackness. And on the cliff’s edge, his mum.
She had her back to him, but she was looking over her shoulder, smiling.
She looked as weak as she had in the hospital, but she gave him a silent wave.
“Mum!” Conor yelled, feeling too heavy to stand, as he did every time the nightmare began.
“You have to get out of here!” His mum didn’t move, though she looked a little worried at what he’d said.
Conor dragged himself forward, straining at the effort. “Mum, you have to run!”
“I’m fine, darling,” she said. “There’s nothing to worry about.” “Mum, run! Please, run!”
“But darling, there’s–” She stopped and turned back to the cliff’s edge, as if she’d heard something.
“No,” Conor whispered to himself. He pulled himself forward some more, but she was too far,
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