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While Acantha prepared the map with full concentration, I stockpiled a small bag with some nonperishable food that would last us for a while. I selected foods like canned beef and vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, granola, and a few others.
Finishing up with enough water and some blankets, I breathed out in accomplishment.
I checked on Acantha and her complete focus was on the map she was creating through a spell. I watched her for a while, a smile tugging at my lip. It was still hard to believe that she was my grandmother, that I had a family that cared this much about me.
"Mom, are you happy for me?" I mumbled, "Can you finally forgive me now?"
Sinking in my emotions as the night drew darker, I curled myself into a corner and decided to rest a bit.
At dawn, I woke up to find Ac
