Flora and Peter’s Hidden World

Handling the Undead

This flow follows Flora’s refuge with Peter as their intimate mental connection opens a path back into the crisis.

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A Refuge at The Heath A Refuge at The Heath from "Handling the Undead". A Refuge at The Heath A familiar hiding place Flora leaves her grandmother’s house and seeks Peter in the abandoned housing estate where he lives.

A Refuge at The Heath from "Handling the Undead". A Refuge at The Heath A familiar hiding place Flora leaves her grandmother’s house and seeks Peter in the abandoned housing estate where he lives.

A Refuge at The Heath A familiar hiding place Flora leaves her grandmother’s house and seeks Peter in the abandoned housing estate where he lives. His improvised room offers solitude from family expectations and public life. A different kind of safety The estate is precarious, but Flora trusts its margins more than the polished world outside. That refuge will soon become the center of a national emergency.

A Story Shared A Story Shared from "Handling the Undead". A Story Shared News in a hidden room Flora tells Peter that the dead have returned and describes what happened at her grandmother’s house.

A Story Shared from "Handling the Undead". A Story Shared News in a hidden room Flora tells Peter that the dead have returned and describes what happened at her grandmother’s house.

A Story Shared News in a hidden room Flora tells Peter that the dead have returned and describes what happened at her grandmother’s house. Peter receives the news without panic, calling it strange and necessary. Trust without spectacle Their exchange is quiet rather than sensational. Peter’s acceptance gives Flora a place to test her understanding away from the attention of family and authorities.

A World That Looks Normal A World That Looks Normal from "Handling the Undead". A World That Looks Normal Ordinary headlines Flora and Peter pass through public spaces where people fill cars, buy newspapers, and go about their morning.

A World That Looks Normal from "Handling the Undead". A World That Looks Normal Ordinary headlines Flora and Peter pass through public spaces where people fill cars, buy newspapers, and go about their morning.

A World That Looks Normal Ordinary headlines Flora and Peter pass through public spaces where people fill cars, buy newspapers, and go about their morning. The crisis is visible in headlines but not in daily behavior. Disappointment and impatience Flora had imagined a world transformed, not a brief media frenzy. Her frustration reveals her desire for disruption, even as she remains uncertain what meaningful change would look like.

A Difficult Closeness A Difficult Closeness from "Handling the Undead". A Difficult Closeness Thoughts without privacy After the living leave The Heath, Flora and Peter can read each other’s thoughts with unusual clarity.

A Difficult Closeness from "Handling the Undead". A Difficult Closeness Thoughts without privacy After the living leave The Heath, Flora and Peter can read each other’s thoughts with unusual clarity.

A Difficult Closeness Thoughts without privacy After the living leave The Heath, Flora and Peter can read each other’s thoughts with unusual clarity. Their games of mental concealment fail to restore normal distance. Intimacy becomes pressure They learn truths about each other that spoken conversation had never disclosed. Their friendship deepens through this exposure, but it also becomes almost unbearable.

The Silent Estate The Silent Estate from "Handling the Undead". The Silent Estate The dead emerge Flora walks among the returned dead as they gather and circle a lamppost in a primitive dance.

The Silent Estate from "Handling the Undead". The Silent Estate The dead emerge Flora walks among the returned dead as they gather and circle a lamppost in a primitive dance.

The Silent Estate The dead emerge Flora walks among the returned dead as they gather and circle a lamppost in a primitive dance. The abandoned development becomes a place of eerie community rather than simple emptiness. A looming threat The appearance of living intruders later breaks the fragile quiet. Flora’s bond with Peter has brought her back into a place where the dead’s vulnerability is visible.

14 August 2002, before dawn

14 August 2002, around 4 a.m.

14 August 2002, around 9 a.m.

17 August 2002, late evening

17 August 2002, about 9 p.m.