Chapter 55"So, what?" I said. "I was named after the planet Earth?"
"Not exactly." Laurel's voice was a cracked wheeze. "You were...the planet Earth."
I frowned. What she was telling me didn't make sense.
"The world...made flesh," said Laurel. "The soul of the Earth...in a human body. Like Landkind. Like me." She drew a deep, rattling breath and let it out in a great sigh as if it were her last. "As I am...the Allegheny Mountains...you were...the entire world."
"I was?" My attention was fixed on Laurel. For now, I'd completely forgotten about the power being leeched out of me. "I told you this?"
"Yes," said Laurel. "We were best friends...for ages. You told me...everything."
"When was this?" I said. "When were we friends?"
"A long time ago." Laurel drifted out. The
