Halfway Dead
“He eeled through two saplings and sat down with an exhausted oof before either Jim or I could muster a sound.
We both sat, staring at Wulfric with the kind of respect that I usually reserve for Kindergarten teachers or lion trainers. He regained his breath and adopted a placid expression that was at complete odds with our current situation.
“Well?” Jim prompted.
I echoed his sentiment with an impatient sigh. I was feeling a bit testy, given the current atmosphere in our little corne...r of the woods, and Wulfric’s sudden moment of Zen was both boring and irritating.
“Look here,” Wulfric said, and began arranging twigs and small stones into a sort of battlefield model.
“Is this the part where you tell us there’s good news and bad news?” Jim asked.
Wulfric’s face soured. “There is no good news. The spring is within a ring of nine enormous trees—I presume these are your American Chestnuts, because I’ve never seen anything like them in the past century.MoreLess
We both sat, staring at Wulfric with the kind of respect that I usually reserve for Kindergarten teachers or lion trainers. He regained his breath and adopted a placid expression that was at complete odds with our current situation.
“Well?” Jim prompted.
I echoed his sentiment with an impatient sigh. I was feeling a bit testy, given the current atmosphere in our little corne...r of the woods, and Wulfric’s sudden moment of Zen was both boring and irritating.
“Look here,” Wulfric said, and began arranging twigs and small stones into a sort of battlefield model.
“Is this the part where you tell us there’s good news and bad news?” Jim asked.
Wulfric’s face soured. “There is no good news. The spring is within a ring of nine enormous trees—I presume these are your American Chestnuts, because I’ve never seen anything like them in the past century.MoreLess
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