[Sunny moves before Aubrey. She glances over her shoulder when he does, her own eyes wide; the shadow snakes past her feet, movement in the periphery that forces her focus down—
[Aubrey stomps. The bat slams into the dirt. She all but throws herself at Sunny, as if her own body can block the one behind her—]
[The voice is strangled. They both hear it. Do you want to dream forever?]
NOT THE NOT HERE…
[Sunny moves before Aubrey. She glances over her shoulder when he does, her own eyes wide; the shadow snakes past her feet, movement in the periphery that forces her focus down—
[Aubrey stomps. The bat slams into the dirt. She all but throws herself at Sunny, as if her own body can block the one behind her—]
[The voice is strangled. They both hear it. Do you want to dream forever?]