[As Amos digs into the soft earth at the foot of the tree, the hand disappears beneath the surface, to be replaced with its opposite—and then with the first again, methodically, as the entombed person below scoops their way toward the surface without any particular hurry. Though there is not much strength to the movements, their orderly repetition suggests unusual calm for someone suddenly finding themself buried alive. There is rather less flailing and scrabbling than might be expected.
Presently, a person begins to emerge: a man, tall and thin, dark-featured, and probably completely nude. He burrows out of the ground bit by bit, seeming not at all surprised when his face clears the soil and his dark eyes focus on Amos. He heard him speak, after all, even if he didn’t reply; and he could sense him atop the layer of earth, digging down. Despite the flecks of dirt still clinging to his eyelashes, he barely blinks as he emerges further, and doesn’t even squint as he smiles thinly up at the human man.
If he is still distraught about the harrowing vision he experienced just before waking, he doesn’t show it.]
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Presently, a person begins to emerge: a man, tall and thin, dark-featured, and probably completely nude. He burrows out of the ground bit by bit, seeming not at all surprised when his face clears the soil and his dark eyes focus on Amos. He heard him speak, after all, even if he didn’t reply; and he could sense him atop the layer of earth, digging down. Despite the flecks of dirt still clinging to his eyelashes, he barely blinks as he emerges further, and doesn’t even squint as he smiles thinly up at the human man.
If he is still distraught about the harrowing vision he experienced just before waking, he doesn’t show it.]
You seem surprised. Expecting someone else?