The lantern rose, revealing **Harlon crouched in the hay with a hunting knife clenched in his hand**, while the woman before him tightened her grip on an iron pitchfork. She had every reason to scream, run, or reach for a rifle—but instead she studied his hollow face and quietly asked, **“Have you eaten?”** After eight months without speaking to another human being, Harlon opened his mouth and discovered he couldn’t answer.
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