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They sky is an endless, sun-bleached blue, the earth split into two beneath it. The canyons on either side are an ombre of red, pink, orange, and white, topped with trees. They're massive, jagged, and ancient, layered from millions of years of microscopic, life, those slow, steady moments of everyday routines, and the cracks made by life-changing things: love, death, other losses.
"God, I miss this."
I look over at Theo, at the wonder painted on his face. "What?"
He gestures out in front of us. "This. Traveling. Living. I don't know."
"You haven't been living?"
"I don't think so," he says, his eyes wandering over the view.
I don't think I have, either. It's certainly never felt like this.
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