Whereupon Dipper does not actually know everything, new friends are introduced, and Miss Willow Pines meets a new English teacher who is more like her than she first thought.
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Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Breathe in and feel the motion of this rock spinning in
the void, feel the slight shift of the plates in his bones.Breathe out and winds blowing wildly the next continent
over in time with the air leaving his body.Breathe in and wonder if he should let the plants he felt
under him take root within him, wondered if it was better for the ground to
swallow him, to let him sleep forever, free from the pain of-Suddenly he was soaking wet, skin stinging with the touch
of holy water, and Dipper shot up, broken from his reverie.Mabel stood next to him on their front lawn, an empty
water bucket in her hand.“You scared Willow,” she said, kneeling a bit to offer
him a hand up. He took it with a wince and Mabel easily pulled him to his feet,
noticing the plant roots poking from his back.