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Submitted to Contest #336
The forest noticed him before he arrived. Not as a thought, not as a warning—just a disturbance entering its margins. Something upright. Warm. Temporary. The canopy adjusted in advance, fibers tightening where light would soon be interrupted. Spores loosened from their rests, preparing to sample what did not belong. At the boundary, the disturbance hesitated. The delay mattered. The forest shaped the ground beneath the hovering weight—not to welcome it, but to measure. Mass. Balance. Intent expressed through motion. The thing above the soil...
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