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There will always be people who are ambivalent about all of this, but it probably doesn't help that nobody really knows what's going on. You just hope that the protest will remind people that something big is happening, and that it's worth caring about. You're not sure how the council will respond to the protest, but if more people begin to oppose the developments because of what it teaches them about the importance of protecting the environment, then hopefully the council can't ignore that.

You're so caught up wondering just how significant today might be in the battle over the developments that it takes you a couple of moments to register what you're seeing when you glance at the next article. You see a tree branch mostly hidden behind a window frame, the outside of a charred stone building, and finally, you read the headline:

Second Tree Appears Out of Nowhere, Baffling Residents

It's true, then, that the tree really did materialize overnight. Not that you doubted it; you were already certain that that tree was brought there by magical means. Looking at it now on the screen, however, you wonder how the person responsible is feeling about being found out. Or was that the point? You don't know. The idea of another Witch being in town at all is hard enough to process, let alone whatever reason they might have for making trees show up in random spots. Thankfully, the author of the article doesn't seem too aware that anything magical is going on and simply makes a guess that the tree might represent some sort of protest. For all you know, they could be right—though from just a glimpse at the comments, you can see more than a few different ideas.

As ever, you're amazed at how much is going on in town in just one day—but you remind yourself that you've only just finished breakfast, and there's no need to get ahead of yourself.

Still. With the house so quiet, you feel like you need something to occupy yourself with.