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Julius shuts off cloud one, and cloud two starts to take form again.
Same beginning conversations. Same all the way to Halli and me saying goodbye to each other. I stand there watching while she and Red hike off into the distance to where I can see Karl waiting for them. It’s all the way I remember it.
Then Halli and Karl hiking in the snow. It’s dumping on them now, but I know it’s not the day I saw—the day with the avalanche. They’re walking up, not down, and to the left, not to the right. They’re leaning into the wind, making progress.
Now Halli and Karl are sitting inside a hut I’ve never seen before, eating some sort of soup, dipping bread into the broth. Halli sits back in her chair. She smiles at Karl. I know that expression—tired, but happy. So everything is still fine.
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