She watches as Tim seems to tense up, as she'd expected. They never got around to talking about... well, anything after he'd found her tied to that chair, and they'd watched that tape.

Tim's mention of things happening back home, of Alex changing, elicits a nod from Max as she tries the cigarette again. Her knowledge of their entire situation is blurry at best, but each conversation brings the picture into slightly sharper focus. She knows now that some sort of monster is involved. If monster is even the right word. But it's more than just an idea, a phantom. It actually... visits people.

And though Tim says it's not Max's fault, she really does believe she could have done something to help Alex. It's what friends do, right?

"Yeah," she says, her expression hardening. "Me too." She knows that Alex would be better off in Wonderland. Like Chloe.

Not dead from a gunshot.

Don't go there...

"What... Do you know what happens to him? Back home..? Does he... he doesn't come out okay, does he?"