[Fiction] Dear Posse No. 9: Eliza

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Dear Posse,

I met someone today. Not Ludwig, not a shadow child, but a person. She was walking down the middle of the road, her eyes as wide as mine when I stare too long at the sun.

“Do you see it too?” she asked, stopping a few feet away from me.

“The eclipse? The shadows? The tree?” I rattled off more than I intended.

“All of it,” she nodded, her hair a mess of curls and leaves. “I thought I was alone.”

Her name is Eliza. She’s been wandering around, trying to find someone else who sees the world as it is now. We sat on the curb, watching the sky, talking about everything that’s changed.

Brad likes her. That’s a good sign.