Speaker 1: For a moment, you are unsure what to do. Turning about,
Speaker 1: you scan the horizon for any sign of some one
Speaker 1: else to confirm what you're seeing, but there is no
Speaker 1: one to be found. After one final look behind, you
Speaker 1: step boldly into the forest and beyond the first line
Speaker 1: of trees. But something doesn't feel right. Perhaps it's the
Speaker 1: sudden shift in temperature, or the way the hairs are
Speaker 1: now standing up on the back of your neck. It's
Speaker 1: hard to describe, but it's almost as if the forest
Speaker 1: itself is watching you. In a panic, you spin back
Speaker 1: round to leave, then gasp in horror. The road has gone.
Speaker 1: In fact, all of it has, the rolling hills, the
Speaker 1: golden fields, and the bright blue sky. All of it
Speaker 1: has been replaced by nothing but a deep and dense
Speaker 1: birch tree forest. You spin round frantically, trying to figure
Speaker 1: out where you came from just moments ago, looking for
Speaker 1: any sign of your bike, but it's no use. All around,
Speaker 1: for as far as you can see, it is nothing
Speaker 1: but tree after tree stretching out before you. Hurriedly, you
Speaker 1: pull your phone from your pocket to call home. Come on,
Speaker 1: you say, with quiet frustration, as you wait for the
Speaker 1: reception bars to appear, but no matter how much you
Speaker 1: wave it above your head, the bars don't materialize, and
Speaker 1: now you are really beginning to panic. You feel it
Speaker 1: hijacking your body, first as a tingling at the extremities,
Speaker 1: before it begins to creep inwards toward your chest. You
Speaker 1: feel its weighty grip as your heart begins to beat
Speaker 1: faster and faster. You screw your eyes shut, struggling to
Speaker 1: catch your breath as the moment threatens to spiral away
Speaker 1: from you. It's okay, you tell yourself, it's going to
Speaker 1: be okay. You've got this. You just need to find
Speaker 1: a way out. Then your heart begins to slow, your
Speaker 1: breaths become deeper, and finally you regain control. Opening your eyes,
Speaker 1: you look all around and tell yourself to think. Just then,
Speaker 1: you hear something in the distance. It sounds like running water,
Speaker 1: But just as you are about to head toward it,
Speaker 1: you notice what seems to be the slightest hint of
Speaker 1: a path heading off in the opposite direction. If you
Speaker 1: choose to follow the sound of water, go to episode four,
Speaker 1: or if you choose to follow the path, go to
Speaker 1: episode five. Now it's time to take care of yourself,
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