XXII: Leaving Shelter

Harper and I did as I said we would. Samuel joined us, but fortunately for the settlement as a whole, no parents were infected, nor were a large number of people. 

At least, not openly.

But I cannot dwell on others' secrets. Harper, Samuel, and I have left the settlement. We still need to decide whether to set up a new shelter or whether we want to try and leave the Forest, if such a thing is even possible.

Perhaps the thing keeping me from leaving is the belief that I cannot. I cannot keep myself from wondering, though: if those of us who are infected with the Forest escape, would that only allow it to spread outwards from us?