It looks like a town that got hit by a tornado, and this is what’s left after they’ve cleaned up the debris. Here and there a wall still stands, a pile of rubble that marks the grave of what used to be a building. The whole place is pitted with deep holes where foundations once were. “Building materials,” the redheaded guy supplies. He’s been walking to my right for hours now. Sandwiched between him and Axel, I shouldn’t feel at all afraid. I do, though. The lower half of my face is swollen and it aches. Actually, no. It pulses and burns, and I’m not sure I’ll chew food for at least a week. If I concentrate on the pain, I can almost block out everything else. “Who did this?” “We did.” Red Beard’s steps are springy, like this gets him excited. “I don’t understand. Why?” “You see a Lowe’s around here? We took everything apart and used the pieces to build the new place.” New place. If they hauled everything without trucks, it can’t be that far away, right?
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