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    Dean Winchester looks at her like she's the reason his brother is dead.
    Kenny just looks at her like she's still human.

    And Noa doesn't know why the town feels like home. She doesn't know why the Man in Yellow smiles at her like she belongs to him.

    [...] “The mud remembers its own, and you are back home now, sweetheart. The brightest, the Star. Naked, stripped bare, nothing left to hide.” The laugh comes softer, almost endearing.

    The mud keeps getting deeper, the water is cold. The children sit around her, holding hands.

    “You ran, sweet sweet child. And the mud is calling you for so long… and now, my clever girl, you are home. And we can be one. And this can be all that remains.”

    It all chants — the mud, the children, the trees.
    “Anghkooey. Anghkooey. Anghkooey. Anghkooey. Anghkooey. Anghkooey—” and goes and goes.

    She knows. She knows what it means.
    Every one of them have been here before, but they have to remember. Anghkooey. [...]

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