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We weren't prepared to walk away that morning. The terrain had been unnavigated and it really wasn't suitable for two runaways. Just the same we met before the sun rose as we had agreed. Two stupid kids, only just recently in double digits, about to escape from the grasp of their parents, intentionally.
As she sat there in the silence of the night she was startled b a gust of wind that swept her long graying hair into the night, swirling it about like ribbons in the wind. It was exhilerating and she leaned her head back to feel the tendrils fall back around her shoulders, face and back. Where had that come from? She kept her eyes closed as she observed the now still air.