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[devoutish]

Yeah?

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[devoutish]

How far off are you from shelter?

[heavensreader]

I don't know, but we were never more than a few hours out before. They're tunnels. This isn't the desert where you can wander forever with no landmarks at all.

[devoutish]

Kesara, do me a favor and go inside, all right?

[heavensreader]

As soon as we'll find someplace to go into! We'll go in and stay in and not go out again until this all blows over and Duster - oah, I need to tell Duster not to stay out looking for us! He'll only get lost too and that'll make things even worse!

[devoutish]

Yeah, he will; he's fucking stubborn. If he makes noises about staying out, we'll both have to yell and threaten until he listens.

[heavensreader]

Zach is going to kill hi- [She stops dead in the middle of the exaggeration. This is no joking matter where either Royce or Zach are concerned.]

It's not his fault. And it isn't mine! And anyone who gets scared at us right now is only going to make things harder. But no one will listen if I say so.

[devoutish]

I'm not gonna panic at you, Kesara. Yeah?

[He is worried, but he feels level-headed - and he agrees that panic would make things harder, for all of them.]

[heavensreader]

It's not you I'm worried about, Mr. Solomons! It's Duster and Tifa and - and - Zach.

[devoutish]

Does Zach know?

[heavensreader]

No. So you mustn't tell him. No one must tell him and it mustn't get back to him until we're safe and I can tell him myself. So don't you dare, Emily!

[devoutish]

Yeah, listen to her, Emily; it's all right.

Now, are either of you seeing things?

[empireofrats]

[The frown is in her voice. It's a bit more worried in reality with Kesara, but whatever.] I'm not going to tell! [Gosh... She only told Alfie because she thinks he knows what to do!

At the mention of seeing things she exchanges a look with Kesara without answering. Do we?]

[heavensreader]

Good. [The implication behind Kesara's sullen mumble may just be or I'll eat you alive.

She hesitates for a moment, and then responds to Emily's look with a tiny nod. There's no point lying about obvious things to Mr. Solomons.] We know they aren't real. It's still hard to ignore them, though.

[devoutish]

Yeah, they're crafty things; they turned us around a bit when we tried to walk.

[empireofrats]

[Mumbled:] That's probably how we got lost...

[heavensreader]

Anyone would've gotten lost. It wasn't m- our fault. [Blaming Emily would be an injustice even Kesara can't quite swallow.]

And that's why Duster and Tifa need to stay in.

[devoutish]

I'm not concerned about faults.

But you are right about Duster and Tifa. Yeah. They can guide you from indoors, if you need it.

[empireofrats]

We can do it. [At least Emily is with Kesara on this one. Doing things that adults think they can't do because they're small and fragile.] We can find a place.

[devoutish]

I've got faith in you.

[heavensreader]

We can do it. [On the one hand Kesara doesn't like to be echoing Emily. On the other hand, a part of her can't help but think that it sounds stronger when two people say it.] We'll let you know once we're safe, Mr. Solomons. And then we can all yell at Duster together.

[empireofrats]

Yes. We'll all yell at Duster after.