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Yin Hu stepped out of the courtyard and pulled the gate shut behind him.
Ta Rae's branches scraped against the wall on the other side, reaching for him through the gap before the latch clicked. A single leaf poked through the crack between the gate and the frame, trembling with the desperate energy of a cat watching a parent leave for work. He could hear the tree's trunk creak as it strained against its roots.
"I'll be back in an hour," he said to the gate.
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