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As soon as Hunter finished talking and turned I started running. I ran through the forest, thinking of Hunter’s last words. And, then, a sense of peace invaded me. I did no longer care if I lived or died. The beast that took over me so long ago, allowing me to survive, returned and I was once again an animal in the forest. So once again I felt like one with the forest, but this time, though, I didn’t loose my conscience, so the animal was intelligent and, thus, more dangerous.
After a wile I felt a disturbance in the forest. The birds stopped singing and flying, and no small animals crossed the ground. A predator was arriving and it was probably a prey worth presenting to the Hunter.
I grabbed my bow, prepared an arrow and placed another beside me, giving my back to a large tree. Then I waited for the beast to show itself.
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