The world changes in an instant, the Gallows giving way to open road and mist and mirrors. Fifi goes still, her face a mask of silent wonderment, only her head and eyes moving as she takes in the strangeness of the place like a prey animal surveying an open meadow.
"It's beautiful," she whispers to her companions, finally taking a delicate step forward, and another, until she stands beneath the nearest tree. Lifting her hand to lightly stroke the underside of a small, low branch, she marvels at it. "I've never seen leaves this color."
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The world changes in an instant, the Gallows giving way to open road and mist and mirrors. Fifi goes still, her face a mask of silent wonderment, only her head and eyes moving as she takes in the strangeness of the place like a prey animal surveying an open meadow.
"It's beautiful," she whispers to her companions, finally taking a delicate step forward, and another, until she stands beneath the nearest tree.
Lifting her hand to lightly stroke the underside of a small, low branch, she marvels at it.
"I've never seen leaves this color."