Soren untangled himself from Yara's shadow at dawn and she didn't wake up but she tracked him anyway.
She'd have his location before he reached the yard and she wouldn't have to open her eyes to get it.
Selah was already dressed, sitting on the edge of her bed, watching him come out of the dark side of the room where the shadows had been wrong all night.
She didn't say anything about it.
Mona said "augh" at the door frame on the way out.
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The morning drill was the same as every morning drill, which meant the yard was full and the grass was whole and everyone ran on top of the thing Soren hadn't told anyone about.
He stood at the edge and watched them.
He'd known something was down there since the morning the surface put itself back over a hole it shouldn't have been able to close.
This was the first time it reached up to check.
Two people moved before he finished registering it.
