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Repeaters

The first one I saw was a woman. She emerged from the woods sobbing in relief. After a while she became agitated: pacing around the treeline as if looking for someone, before reluctantly going back in.

There are six in total: old friends who met for a reunion meal. We call them ‘Repeaters’. It’s kinder than the alternative, and they might not even be dead. The man didn’t seem to be.

“Hold tight to your friends and don’t lose track of time,” he said, looking through me but not at me. “Or one day time might lose track of you.”