[He tries to make himself smaller, but he can't, short of actually sinking into the dirt. Which would be preferable to all of this.]
[She's not going away. She's still there, still solid. Still talking. She says she won't hurt him, but she already has. She's trying to break his mind. She's worse than one of the shadows. So much worse.]
i don't know. i don't know her, i don't know where she is. i don't know.
[He's not lying. He doesn't know her personally. But she probably won't believe him. If he gives her something, even a lie, it'll at least make her go away.]
probably at the camp. it's inland.
[He would gladly throw Chloe under the bus if he knew where he might be, but he won't tell this...stranger exactly where the camps are. If she heads inland, she'll find more Lost Ones anyway.]
[They'll probably kill her. And then he won't have to think about any of this ever again.]
...how'd you know his name? no one knows his name.
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[She's not going away. She's still there, still solid. Still talking. She says she won't hurt him, but she already has. She's trying to break his mind. She's worse than one of the shadows. So much worse.]
i don't know. i don't know her, i don't know where she is. i don't know.
[He's not lying. He doesn't know her personally. But she probably won't believe him. If he gives her something, even a lie, it'll at least make her go away.]
probably at the camp. it's inland.
[He would gladly throw Chloe under the bus if he knew where he might be, but he won't tell this...stranger exactly where the camps are. If she heads inland, she'll find more Lost Ones anyway.]
[They'll probably kill her. And then he won't have to think about any of this ever again.]
...how'd you know his name? no one knows his name.