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You stay outside for <span class="mu-i">yet another hour</span> as you desperately try to spot the incoming messanger.
Is that mound of snow him? Maybe he collapsed and you didn't see him before?
Are those tire tracks or footprints?
Is that a far off mountain or incoming shape?
You strain your eyes further and further until the sky gets so dark that looking out becomes impossible. That's it- you've missed him. He could be collapsed in a snow field and you would never know.
Just then, Brun comes up from below. He's not wearing a coat- clearly he doesn't intend to be out here long.
<span class="mu-r">”Akule!? You're still up here?”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”I was l-looking for the messenger. Like you asked. But I didn't see anybody...”</span> You can't stop yourself from shivering.
<span class="mu-r">”Oh... they called in. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">Nobody was coming</span></span> tonight- the weather was too bad.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”Wha- Why didn't you tell me!?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">”I mean I was going to! Sorry Akule. It was an accident.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”So I stood out here for nothing!?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">”I just got distracted with how nice it was without you there!”</span>
