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sitting there looking down as if she is doing something with her hands. After a second she notices
               me and waves, I wave back and then go inside. On my way in I see one of the other tenants who is
               on his way out.

               Sarah's grandmother tells her that moving isn't so bad, that she will go to a new school and make
               new friends. Emily's attempt to comfort Sarah seems to work a little bit, but the same attempt has
               no affect on David at all. He cannot be reached.

               Across the hall, in the kitchen, is Lynne who is making Sarah and David lunch. Desirable
               sandwiches. After she finishes, she walks into the living room and gives them both the food she
               has prepared, and just like her own mother, she attempts to relieve the children of any discomfort
               they have about moving to a new home.

               Moments later the children are eating and watching television while the two elder women speak
               about how a life without Silvio will be better for everyone. After the night has fallen and after the
               children are sleeping, Lynne sits down on her bed and takes off her prosthetic foot, and then lays
               down to sleep, thinking about how the next coming days are a chance for her to start over.

               After days of packing, the moving truck arrives and is ready to be filled with possessions. The
               truck driver is a long time friend of Lynne who says yes to her when she asks if her and the kids can
               ride in the front for the trip to the new home.

               During the drive, the truck driver says that a pair of jeans and a t-shirt are more comfortable for
               moving, especially when you have to walk a lot. Lynne says that she will be fine, and then notices
               that they are driving pass Chase street and tells the driver that they are nearly there. When they get
               there they began to unload, and after a certain amount of time the moving process is complete. Due
               to an emergency, the movers had to leave a bit early which resulted in them bringing in the last few
               possessions less professionally than usual, one of them being a television that was left in the
               middle of the living room.

               Lynne, with only one foot, does not attempt to move the television alone, but instead eventually
               gets help from one of her new neighbors who she hopes would become a long-time companion.

               Chapter 47:
               AN APPETITE FOR DARKNESS

               I've had a dream where I'm walking through a forest, and along my travel, in the distance, I see the
               Lord sitting on a large rock. I watch the Lord, wondering what he's done and what he will do next.
               Where's he's been and where he plans to go.

               Moments later Satan appears, who looks to be tired from a long journey of his own. The two had
               been working on a project and were still in the early phases. Satan had decided to test the set of
               rules they had decided for the project, rules we would later name "the laws of physics."

               Satan approaches the Lord, and the Lord says to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan
               answers the Lord, "From roaming through the Earth and going back and forth in it."
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