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The deep crunch of fallen life ricocheted off the rotting bark of overbearing trees. One from the herd had fallen, and its bones had been reduced to dust by the weight of their void. Deafening roars encapsuled the sky, as if grasping for any atom of free space it could get its inescapable hands on. Each member of the herd split off to other corners of the forest, leaving me alone to challenge the everlasting beast which plagued this forest, with nothing but my antlers and my chipped hooves.