Ghost in the machine

Though she wasn't too far from home, it struck Jay that she hadn't ever really wandered this way before. It wasn't like she wasn't old enough to go plenty far on her own... she was a yearling now, after all, but the truth was that she was a homebody at heart and staying close to her family was satisfying enough to her that she rarely wandered far from home. Maybe she ought to be heading back though? The sun had begun to disappear beneath the horizon, casting a strange glow over the sky as the world darkened.

Though it was summer and heat was normal, tonight seemed especially stuffy. Usually with the darkness came a slight sense of relief from the stifling summer temperatures, but it seemed to be growing even hotter. her tongue lolled from her mouth as she crested one of these hills, trying to get a good sense of her surroundings and what might be around her.

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