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All of the tiredness that had been dragging at Scout since they had left the Torreses’ apartment was blasted out of her by the first touch of the freezing air outside. The cloud was all around them, coating her in a wet layer that hardened into ice almost instantly.
They still had their coats with them. They just didn’t have any time to spare getting them out of the pack and putting them on.
They ran towards the end of the ramp, the massive outline of a balloon slowly emerging from the blowing wisps of white cloud ahead. They weren’t too late.
Then Shadow barked his happy greeting bark. Gert, who saved her bark for enemies, nevertheless was hopping up and down in excitement. Then Scout saw her too: Minato, walking towards them down the ramp.
But Scout quickly realized that somethin
