"Again I indulge my urges. I let the rush of emotion swell and build, hold it until my head feels about to go off like a Midwinter Night rocket, then I open my mouth and...

CATERWAUL

at full top volume. All my love for the Forest, my sadness at the existence I'm sinking out of, my nervous excitement at the existence I'm sinking into, the scared thrill and delight of slipping helplessly down into the caressing swallowing earth, I let it all out in an appalling joyous screech that definitely gets those birds' attention."

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