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Our shared laughter chases away the last of the forest's chill, mingling with the low whistle of the wind and the brittle snap of dry grass underfoot. I don't let go of your hand as we scramble up the final rise, leaving the tangled dark of the woods behind us. No actual phantoms materialized—*or so I imagine you might have secretly wanted*—but the charge of the hunt was thrilling all the same. True, no creatures lunged from the foliage, which is a bit of a pity, but the cache of sharpodonty shards and the vial of quicksilver Terror I pressed into your palm felt like proper spoils. Day has fully bled into night; dusk deepens around us, the sun's throne usurped by a brilliant, watchful moon. Trying to spook each other as we wove between the skeletal trees was the real prize. Jump-scare…