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           Thenthesoundbegantofade.Asitwentaway,apeepercalledhesitantlyone.Itwasansweredbyanother.Athirdjoinedtheconversation;afourthmadeitabullsession;afifthandsixthmadeitapeeperconvention.Thesoundsofthething’sprogress(slowbutnotblundering;perhapsthatwastheworstofit,thatfeelingofsentientprogress)weremovingawaytothenorth.Little...less...gone.

           AtlastLouisbegantomoveagain.Hisshouldersandbackwereafrozenacheoftorment.Heworeanundergarmentofsweatfromnecktoankles.Theseason’sfirstmosquitoes,new-hatchedandhungry,foundhimandsatdowntoalatesnack.

           TheWendigo,dearChrist,thatwastheWendigothecreaturethatmovesthroughthenorthcountry,thecreaturethatcantouchyouandturnyouintoacannibal.Thatwasit.TheWendigohasjustpassedwithinsixtyyardsofme.

           Hetoldhimselfnottoberidiculous,tobelikeJudandavoidideasaboutwhatmightbeseenorheardbeyondthePetSematarytheywereloons,theywereSt.Elmo’sfire,theywerethemembersoftheNewYorkYankees"bullpen.Letthembeanythingbutthecreatureswhichleapandcrawlandslitherandshambleintheworldbetween.LettherebeGod,lettherebeSundaymorning,lettherebesmilingEpiscopalianministersinshiningwhitesurplices...butlettherenotbethesedarkanddragglinghorrorsonthenightsideoftheuniverse.

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