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The wind up here always carried the scent

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of rain and crushed peat,

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a wild perfume that clung to the wool

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of Clara's cloak.

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Below her boots, the ancient, winding trail vanished

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into a vast sea of purple heather,

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a rolling tide of blooms that stretched as

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far as the eye could see across the

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Highland meadow.

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For hours she had climbed the remote wilderness,

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leaving the lowlands and their worries far behind.

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Now halfway up the valley, the world opened

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its lungs.

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Towering mountain peaks, dark and dramatic, shouldered their

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way into a turbulent sky,

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their jagged ridges half -swallowed by heavy, bruised

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clouds.

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Yet as Clara paused to catch her breath,

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a sudden break in the gray canopy

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let through a shaft of soft sunlight.

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It illuminated the damp rocks and detailed blades

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of grass at her feet,

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turning every dewdrop into a trembling spark of

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gold.

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She smiled, adjusting the straps of her pack,

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and stepped forward again.

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The mountains offered no answers, only silence,

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and as she walked deeper into the vibrant

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purple expanse, that silence was all she needed.