Chapter 9: Puss 'n Boots

This is happy.

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I’ve been walking for two weeks and covered over 200 miles. I’ve travelled through the hills of the Alpilles, past Arles, past Montpellier, and into Lodève. I am now fifty-some kilometers east of Toulouse.

I’ve continued to purge every item in my backpack that isn’t essential to my warmth, security, cleanliness, or nou…