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Day 1,404

At first it looked like the deer was just struggling to climb up the slippery banks of the river.

Then the water began to turn red as the waves lapped against the deer's sides, scraping away more and more fur and flesh until the waves met in the middle and the deer breathed its last.

By the number of bones that regularly washed up, it wasn't the first time this had happened.

Not by a long shot.

People assumed the lack of wildlife was due to the ever-expanding town and ignored all the signs.

Then the child was found, well most of them.

Their little water-bloated head barely looked human but the eyes... the eyes...

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