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The Ninety-Mile Silence

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"Before we go anywhere, we leave a sign," Dell said. They scratched a big arrow into the dirt by the wreck, pointing north, and wrote the date and "WALKING TO TOWER" on a torn map flap pinned under a rock. If rescue found the plane, they'd know which way to look.

Two days north, a low plane buzzed over the trees and waggled its wings. The pilot had found their wreck, read the arrow, and tracked them down. He dropped a bright bag with a radio and a note: "Sit tight. Chopper inbound." Mara hugged the radio like it was a person.

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