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Samantha reached out to Renato's arm and helped him stand. He didn't struggle, so she could drag him up.

She passed his arm on her shoulders and hugged him by the waist.

«Let's go,» she said. «One step at a time. You need help.»

«Is this all a dream?» he wondered. «Or my mind is making you up to have a reason to move? I've seen it in a human movie. The man would think someone was helping him but, once woken up, he realised that he had just imagined everything. He did it all alone, actually.»

«Mhm, interesting,» Samantha murmured while walking towards the residence.

That place was big. There would surely be a bed, clean towels, and maybe even some food. It seemed safer than turning the other way and looking for a wolf who wasn't fuming in anger nor despairing.

«So, are you a dream? Or a hallucination? Am I going to die?»

«You would have died if I didn't come here,» she said. «Why in the world did you send everyone away?»