breath. Life seems to be getting better, he thought,
but then he remembered his companion, who was lying
unconscious on the bed. His chest was slightly raised,
which made him assume that he was alive, and decided to walk around the house
to see where they were.
A few meters to their left,
a gate and porch with a white wooden door appeared behind a large rose bush
.On the mailbox, Keijigen read: Green
Alley, 7, Reana Dammer. «Oh,» he said, «it looks
like we’re here.» Then there was a commotion and he hurried
back.
On the other side of the house, there was a glass-enclosed
porch and another door that Keijigen hadn
’t noticed at first. It opened and a girl ran out
He was wearing bare-footed sneakers, casual clothes, and a striped
zip-up jacket.
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Lina ran as fast as she could without stopping until
she was almost out of breath from running. «It seems to be over… Today
this is clearly the most unusual day of my life,
she thought. She’d never wanted
to be home again so badly. With your own people. It was as if she had looked at the whole picture.
your life on the other side. There was a desire
to spend time with my younger brother, help him with his lessons,
come to my mother’s shop after school, do something
useful, and in general, hug her and whisper in her ear that
she was doing great. Sit down to dinner with them, listen
to Michael’s ridiculous stories, and have a nice chat with him, too
.She switched from running to walking. It suddenly became
very important for her to tell her friends that they were wonderful and loved
.Tears welled up in her eyes. «Probably everyone
is asleep right now, and I will have to go quietly and unnoticed into the house
and wait until morning until everyone wakes up to remind
them how much I love them!» -some wave of kindness and tenderness washed
over her.
She thought of Mara, and she wanted to hug
her friend and tell her everything, all the strange things that had happened
today, but then something tinkled behind her. The girl looked around.
A few feet away from her was a broken mirror,
which reflected the moon brightly.
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When she came closer, she was very surprised to see that it
was not a mirror at all, but a sword lying in front of her. Her heart
began to pound again, and Lina recognized it, for it was in the hands of an-