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How long has it been? He could feel the roots digging deep into the dark soil. He could taste

the water that they sucked greedily from the

earth. He felt a thousand fingers flex at his command, and he tried to remember who he was.

The sun was hot, and it fed him. He felt the light on his leaves, and he tried to remember

before. He thought he remembered something sweet. Fruit. His fruit was ripe now,

and hung from black branches that spread into the forest like lightning. He clenched his

thousand hands and his branches shuddered. The wind carried the sound deep into the forest,

and he thought he remembered for a moment.

But what's a moment to an ancient?

He ate the sun and drank from deep roots.

He thought they called him doctor once, but the thought faded in the shadows below him.

The hand floated in the clear canister, a twisted claw suspended in ammonia.

This is all they got?

Agent Clark said as he turned the cylinder in his hand.

He put the floating claw on the gray table in front of him and shoved his hands into the pockets of his black suit.

Yep, and the only reason it's here is because it chased him until...

Until what? I don't know. Until it died, I guess.

...