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    They made camp a little ways outside the castle walls and village.


    Shadow was in his human form. He and his friends......except Mica who wasn''t in their circle.......talked about random things they remember happening to them in their lives.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    The laughed and made jokes to each other. The tension that Shadow wore for the past few hours faded away, and he felt more relaxed.


    Out of the corner of his eye, Shadow saw Rose sit by herself underneath a shady tree. She had her back to him, which reminded him of what she told Howl earlier that day. He decided to get up and walk over to her.


    Is she even open to talking to him? He was aware that he had been getting on her nerve........but he didn''t know for sure why that was.