Between the Mountains

Between the Mountains is a book from the Fansus timeline. The author is unknown.

Description

The journal of one of the ill-fated settlers trapped in what would become known as The Valley of Teeth. This journal, stained with blood, chronicles their last moments of humanity.

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‘We began with those already dead. We had not left their bodies behind, for we thought to bury them when we arrived home, with their families. Now they will join their families, in a different way. We had no fire to cook them, so we began gnawing…’

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‘On the 7th day, he appeared before us, offering us words of praise, for we had done what few would dare, in order to survive. We howled and raged, for had he been there the whole time, watching us abandon our humanity, becoming animals? We hate him so! One day we will catch him unawares and rip his salty flesh and drink his blood. But until then, we will follow.’