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size make her nimbler. His bulky form

will have a hard time keeping up. The

farther away she gets, the quieter it is.

A cry cuts through the silence,

startling her. She pulls the zipper of her

bag all the way and looks down at the

waving arms of the baby as it struggles.

She sets the bag down and lifts the tiny

thing. Holding it closer, only makes it

howl. The baby didn’t make a sound until

now, not when she picked it up from the