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When she was gone, I turned back to Grandpappy. “Now what?”
“Now we split up, ease through these woods as quiet as we can, and meet up over yonder on the other side of the cabin. Keep an eye out for traps, particularly as you head toward the back door. That’s where I’d put ‘em, anyhow.” I did as he told me, creeping through the woods keeping one eye to the ground and the other on the cabin. I thought I saw a flicker of movement through a window once, but when I froze and focused on it, I couldn’t see it again. I stood there motionless for several breaths before moving on. There were no traps, and no sign of life from the cabin, by the time I met Grandpappy at the back of the clearing.
“Alright, sonny. Let’s go.” He pulled his .44 and I drew the sword and we crossed the expanse of gras
