[ Steve's been in touch with Sam and Natasha already. He's talked to Matt here in the pit. Sam mentioned Stephen's safe in Thorne, that Wanda also seems to have been untouched. Still, it's good to hear from her, even if it takes a while for the message to actually come through.
He hates that they can barely talk, that even Horizon chats can last for little more than a few minutes. But most of them are out there, and he can withstand being in here. ]
Ẅ̶̨̧̛̗͓̙̘̤̝̹̫̰̭̲͙͕̈́̄͌̊̒̀͠ã̵̡̯͂̚̚n̴̡̛̳̳̝̰̈́̇͑̒͋̊̃̍͑͛̓͊̿̍̍͝d̷͍͚̺̄̾͑͋̀͜a̴̰̙̜͓̳̣͇̞̰̪̟̔̿̈́̾͊̅͛̍͝,̶̨̜͇̝͓̝̬͇̮͓̺͎͕̓̌ͅ ̷̬̰̗̣͖͉̾̇̈́̏̕h̵̢̛̰̫̲̟̼͗͆͆͐̽͆̉̿̆̒̽͒͘͘͘͝ȅ̸̺̼̯̹̩͚̫͋̈́̿̍̅̑͛̕͠ŷ̴̧̧̟͙̖̪̗̭̯͙͎̣̼̗̼̊͌͑͐̀͜͜.̶̣̟̟̖̟̠̽͌͆̿́̌͗̃͜ Y̴̨̛͍̣̭̰̝̮͕̲̭̻̞͚͇̜͋̑́͗̈́͘ȅ̴̢̝̤̺͎̪̥̦̣̪̘̳̘͓̠͖̜͂̈́̀͋̈́̈́́̀̉͐́͊̚͘͠͝a̷̛̹̪̘͔͓̰͍̗͇̳͋͂̒̈̐̑̈́̉́͂̕̚͜h̸͙̞̬̲͇̼̲́,̴̛̫̫͎̥̭͉̠̼͙̝͑̊͋̒̾̚ ̴̧̝̖̮̪͍̜̖͙̳̮̟̯̈̀͐́͛̆̂͒͠ͅI̶͓̫͓̦̪̥̩̹̺̰̋͂̽̾̅'̶̛̻́m̷̠̝̯̱̺̮͍̈̌͊͂͐̿́̓̔̏̈́͂ all right.
[ Steve's only getting bits and pieces of her messages and having to try and fill in the rest, but he can tell she's trying to reassure him. Not that she has to, because he's not letting any other possibility enter his mind right now. They're getting out of here. ]
I know. Ị̶̧̧̡̡̟̩̙̮͕͇͚̣͎͒̀ͅ'̵̧̻̙̟̟̣̪̼͚̮͚̼͇͎͙̈̏͗̂̏͂̓̍̃͒̽͋̇͊ͅl̷̛͓̣̝̫̍͑̔̊͊̍̏̈́̋̐͂̓͋̚͠l̷̝̗͉͇̻̾̍ͅ ̴͓̺͓̈́̈́̀̌́̏̃̂̚͝͝d̸̨̡̨͚̞̤͇̻̓́̐̿̓̔̀̅̔̀̎́̏͘̚͠͝ơ̴̧̘̻̙͕̞̹͓̮̫͂͆͒̓̔͐̀́̇̉́͊ ̸̪̣̾̈́w̶̖̺̭̦͚̾̀̀̾̔͘̕̕̕h̶̘̦͇̦͕̖͕̼̼͓͋͋̀a̴̧̲̙͆̿͊̿̽̓͆̕͘t̸̨̺̖̜̥̬͍͔̻͌͗̐͌͜ͅ ̵̢̹̜̬̟̥̖̣͚̺͖̫̕͜I̵̥̝͙̪̻̙̐̈̅͒͛͊̾͗͗̾̽͒̾ ̷̨͓̥͕͇̱̙̜̲̘͔̤̓͊͐̈́̐̀̌̈́̌̀̈́̂͆c̴̡̛͚̳̼̤̜̻͎͓̱̦̤̲͉̓̇͊̓̓̐͂̈́̐͠ͅͅa̴̬̿̅̔ṅ̵̢̺̖̜̣͔͙͙͓̳͙̭̱ to keep him s̸̠͕̼̬̘͕̿͛͌a̶̡͛̓̏̂̏̏̿̿͌̾̕f̷̡͆̅͊̒̒̇̇̿̕͝ȩ̷̛̫͚́̍͋̏.̶̭͕͍̹͎̫̺̳̤͉̼̻͍̻͕̝̂͑̐̌̆̂̂̑
My enhancements ȃ̴̮̯͓̪̻͚̖̪̫͙̖̠̗̪̤̠́͗̏͛̒̈̊̅̀͛ͅr̵̢̧̹̯͕̗͚̝̭͚̦̙͉̝̬̰̠̅́̿ę̷̮̘͙̟̣̣̻̦̱͉̝̈́͛̌̇̓͒̽͆̕̚̕͜͜ ̶̧̱̜͐͐̅̒̓͐͝a̶̢̠̓ļ̶̺͔͇͔̩͇͕̲̺͇̦̬̗̱̌͆̀̂̓̑̓̈́̃̋̈́̒́͜͜s̴̲̪͍̹͔̟̰̫̈́͌̔͌o̶̻̯͙̩͇̪͖̬̤͕̹͆̌̈́ͅͅ ̷̢̙̠͔͓̥̣͙͈̗͚̄͌̂͜͠o̵̢̨̝̼̖̦͚̝̻͍̼̓̿́͆̔̅͊̅̉̈̉̍͘̚͘n̴̯̍̽̅̕ ̴̧̲͉͇͎͕̻̼̻͙̮̗̝̄̽͐̔̃̏̆̄̒̚͜t̵̨̛̥̩̤͉̰̰̱͓͇̯̮̱͉͗͐̓̅̇̎̇͌͋̎̿̆͘͝͝͝h̷͇̘͈̝̖͍̜̬͍̹̣́͂̎̑̕e̷̘͓͓̲̞̞̣̙͒̾͑͆̽͜ ̵͕̬͔̗̭͋̚ fritz.
[that's really not good. where are they being kept that their enhancements, powers, are acting oddly? wanda frowns, trying to make the most of steve's message.]
[ No doubt she and the other Avengers not here with him could compare notes, but Steve also doesn't know if he covered everything — or if they saw all of it.
And maybe Wanda just needs to hear from him, either way. So... ]
Only water s̵̹͉͈̹̿̽̋̎͌̽̏͑́͊͆̾͘̚̚̚o̷̪̪͙͆u̴̲̩̣̬̳̹̝͔̪̠͎̝̩̅̽̓͂ŕ̷̡̢̧̛̫͕̼̤̮̹̰̗̳̥̗̟̳̏̄͑̀̃̅̇̒́͆̒͝ͅç̴͓͓̰͍̺̠͉͎͔̣̲͖̞̫̄̌̌͂̑̈̊͌͒̈́͂͊͐̃͛͘͜ͅe̵̡̝̟͎̠̦͚̗̗̰͆ ̸̧̢̭̥̜̹̖͚̓͝͝ì̵̢͙̖̹̤̰̦̖͒͝ͅͅs̷̥̣̊ ̶̲̺̤̼͕̙̰̙̉̑̅̓̽̐͗͆͠a̴̢͎͈͕͋͑́̑̐̐ ̶̧̛̠̘͓͈͔̼̹̹̰̖̙̦͓̈́̌̇͆̒͐͛̊̽́̾̍͘͘̚͠ͅẅ̵̧̬̹̭̜͓̮͍͖͎̪͙́̀̑̎̈̂͑͋̈́̀̔̇̇̕̕͝e̴̟̦̬͇̫̺͍̼͚̫͓̬͑ll, and there's l̴͇̭̰̗͐͜ǫ̵̛̙̼͔͕̬̫̠̫̩̖͍̳̏̑͒̋̅̑̇̌̽̄̈́̈́͜ͅt̵̢̗̥̾͛̎̐̀͐́̔̂̈́̆̊͝s̵̢̧͍̙̞̯̝̼͙̘͎͙̱͉͇̾̉̇̊̂͛̌̊̑͗̚ ̴̣̖̥̬̹̪̄͂̏͊̇͂̽̕͠ő̶̦f̵̛͎̭̤̪̫̮̰̲̦̳̝͂̽̾̀̓͗̌̅ ̵͖͚̀̊͆̿̿̽̔̊̊̓́̐̇͋̚͘r̴̢̡͈̹̘͕̫͇̳̭̭̥͙̤͙̃̄̓̐̓̀͐̌̅̿̄ō̶̦͋t̴̛̛͔͈̄̎͌̈́̋̒̀̈́͘̕͝ͅten corn, for some reason.
T̷̢̡̡̯̹̘̳̖͔͇͚̙͎̄̄̎̇͒̃͊̕͘͜h̶̛͙̱͖̲̍̈́͛̈͆̿̈́̉e̶͚̓̀̿ ̷̢̜͉͇̙̺̣̘̻͖̯̩̦̀̿̑̐͌̎͘ͅp̴̢̡̯͇̞̼̩̜̟͇͚͖̃͗e̷̢͓̹͍̝͕̟̦͕̺̜̻̗̯̼͈̔ȯ̷̡̨̹̜̻̞̫̼̘͓̙̬̙̞͍̥͌͊͜p̷̹͍̻͊̑́̍̊͌́̓͠l̸̲͎̳͕̥͙̱̃̅̃̃͐̈́̿̏̾̋͝ę̴̳̳̹̙̻̩̠̤̝̼̱͜͠ ̶̧͍̺̘̙͇̩̾̾̈̄͘͠ͅw̷̛͉̦͎͗̿̓̓͑̌̾̃̂̿̈͘ḩ̶̩̘͖̩̤͍͆̈́͑̄̊̏̕͝͝ŏ̵̪̣̻͔̝̖̘̉̈͒̚ watch us w̵̧̤̄͑̈̂̕͝ę̴̢̳̫͎̗̥͈̳̙͇̜͈̩̃̓̆̐̓̐̈́͆̒͊͜â̵̻̈́͊͊̓̎͒̆̀͌͠r̵̡͈̗͇̖̜̼͚̬͚̙̖̀̏̏̓̈́̐̕͘ͅͅ ̷̢̦̩̗͓̲̱̮̤̜̹͋̑͌̒̅̌͌s̶̮̫̫̗̬̗̖̞̦͈̙̼̈́̎͋̇͋̃̋̇̓̚͝͝͠ͅͅt̷̛̛͓̱͉̳̻̬͎̣͉͚͎̅̅̂̒̓̈̇̃̑̈̐̆̒͝͝r̶̛̳̿̄̔̃̇̈́̀̕͘͝â̴̧̻̤̮̪̺͓͉̗̮̲͇̤̥̭̞̊̈́̊͛͊͐͌͗̀͛͝ͅn̵͇̗̞̬̫̹̟͙̈́͊̾̈́͋͐̒́̌̑͋̚͘ģ̵̜̜̙̣̝̼͉̱̬̰̗͕̺̤̑̒͛͋͊͒̋̇̽́̋̊̿̾́̚͜ͅẽ̸̢̞̟̠̲̱̹̟͍̳̹̖̖̜̽̃̾͋͒̂̌̄̀̒̐͋̕͘ͅ masks.
[whatever this is, it feels so different from what the factions are about. rotten corn, plant pods. solvunn might fit the bill, but corn isn't part of their agricultural resources; there's no real import to plants outside of what the usual rural, farming community would put to the flora.
[ If anything, this feels a lot more like Solvunn's area than anyone else's, but Steve figures that Wanda would have better insight into it than he would. She lives there, and has for longer than he's even been in Abraxas. ]
Ȱ̸̧̻̻͚̋̃̕͜f̸̧͐f̸̧̙͙̤̭̹͖̼̳͎͎͌̆̈́̀̔̉̅̅̀̅ white, c̸̫͔̠̺̘̆́̋̔͊͂̿̃̈̚͝r̵͚̗͖̹̺̆̎̇͛͐́̓́̀͠ͅa̷̜̻͙͙͇̘̼̺̳͇̥̣̒cked. The eyes l̶̨̫̦͎͓̗̟̮̮͉̳̭͚͖͗͆͌ǫ̸̱̳̜̗͓͈̳̙͓͈͙̠̯́́͗̽͗̊̉͗̀̿͜ô̵̪͆̃͛͑͑̈́̈́̑͛́͘͝͠k̷̨̦̯̟͋̾̔̒̉̽̉́̃̒̈́̍̋̅̚͝͝ ̷̡̫͓͎͈̦͔̮̥̦͈̺͓̯͐̿͗́̚ͅľ̵̡̺͙̼̬͎͓̿͐̃̓̄̓̾̈̉͠i̵̧̢̦̮̙̹͔̩̞͔̞̲̝̝͈̽͂͜k̴̡̭̥̟̤̮͈̼̽̏̐̅͊̅̂̀̍̔̎͘͝e̵̺̣͉̣̾̈́̆̉̈́̈̅̈́ ̸̜̪̠̝̲̄͐̉̈́̋̌̍͊̆̾̚k̷̢̧̢̹̙̥͇̥̥̼̲͉̗̍̂̇̆̿̃͝͠ȅ̸̪̞̮͍͓͙̘̼̱̝̻̖̩̮̻͍̭͌̾̐̈̓̎̈́̎͂̇̕̕͝ỹ̶̭̝̳̞̈́́̓́̔̌͝holes. Black marḳ̵͙̓̎͒̀̑̈̍̎̕̕͝ḯ̴̧̛̛͈̲͂͠n̶̨̧̺̥̬͚̥͍͍̱͓̬̘͓̗͕̂̌͐̆̌͂́̀̔͜͝g̷̛͓̘͔̤̘̟̈́̋̀͂̍͑̈̉s̵̨̡̘͇̯̗̭̤͕̗͕̏̔̓̃̔͐̋̆̀̾̉̒̈́̊.̶͕͎̜͒
Keyholes. D̸̍͘ͅǫ̶͔͔̮̋͋e̵͍̓͌̔s̵͎̺̄͑̐̃ ̵͔̓̽̽̂t̸̡̰͈̓̓̌h̶̩̙̆͂ã̸͔͙̙͜t̷͖̻̥̘̔̈̃̐ mean something t̶͎͘o̴̢̺̊͂͑ ̶̡͔̏y̸͖̮̭̋͛ȏ̴̘͛͂ū̵̧̍͆?̶̰̬̇̽͘
No, t̴̳͙͋h̵̺͂͝e̸̛̞͖y̷͕̜͐͗ ̷̠̋͑h̸̑ͅa̸̬̦͝v̷͈͘è̴̞n̷̦̿'̸̻͑̽t̵̫͐̒͜ really said m̷͂͜ű̷̡̯c̵̮̳̋͘ḫ̸̭̈́̕,̵̰͕̌̈ ̵̣̜̌b̶̬̩͠ú̷̢t̵͈̥͛ ̸̩̥̑Ī̶͓̍'̴͚̼̈́m̴͈̭̅́ ̷̦̒g̸͎̖͌͒o̸̜̎͝n̷̜̦̾̃n̴͓̟͗̎a̵̡͌ try to get more o̴̟͝ṳ̶͐t̶̖͐ ̸̤̀ò̵̠f̷̝̃ ̵̻̌t̷̼͒h̴̫̆e̵̳͝m̶̡̉.̸̻̓
[ Steve can only make out bits and pieces of what she sends before the words fade away, vanishing from the cave walls. But he can gather that she's going to look into all this, not that he had any doubts about that. ]
No. Sorry.
B̵̹̫̋̓u̷̡̽͒ͅt̶̨̜͆͘ ̸͎̉I̶͚͐̐'̴̞̑̍͜l̸̤̐͐l̸̖͛͘ ̶͖̖͂͝ć̵̬̪ȯ̶̢̠m̷̻̿̒m̶̠̈́͂i̶̫̾́ť̵͖ͅ to memory a̴̬͐s̴̲͐ ̸̭͐m̸͖͐u̶̗͆c̷̯͑h̵̼́ ̵͙͝a̵͇͘s̵̭̑ ̵̘̓Ǐ̵̘ ̸͉̚c̵̤͝a̵̙͝n̷̹̑.̵̨̔
[figures, but wanda is not all too surprised. still, steve ought to have a really good memory. he remembered what pietro looked like after all these years, after all.]
[ It's true, he does have a good memory for this kind of thing. He'll be drawing out as much as he can once he's out of here.
When, not if. ]
Not that I̵͇̾'̸̛͉v̶͎̋ē̶̩ ̷͍̐s̵̖̽ę̸̄ę̷̓n̷̠̋,̶͈͊ ̵̦̈b̷̪͒u̴̩̔t̸̖̆ ̶̦̄ï̷̜t̵͈̆'̴͉̊s̸͇̅ dark. T̷̘͐͜͝h̷̗̿̈́ͅe̵̩͕̕̕r̷̯̔ę̷̳͑̓ ̴̛͇͈̅ȉ̸͚̃s̸͔̒ ̶̦͒̀a̷̺̰͑͝ tunnel system and w̴̩͜͠h̵̰̃ȁ̵͚t̷̗͕͑̈́ ̶̘͌p̴̨̄̍e̵̦̓ò̷͕̝̆p̶͍̣̋̍l̷̟͌͂é̸̬̬͘ ̶̞͠ȃ̷̪͙r̵̬̊̈ȇ̸̠ ̷̥̗͋̀c̵̬̑̎â̷ͅl̸̡͔͝l̷̥̭̆i̴̯̊ñ̴̬̗g̸̖̈ shrines, so Ḯ̸͎̝̓'̴̱͘l̸͓̩͗l̵̜̮̇ ̴̦͍͝t̴͇͎͛̈́ȧ̴̖̲̕k̸̞͇̋́è̵͎ ̵̬̆ȃ̷͕ ̸̢́c̶͇͋l̵̘̋o̷̧̖͗s̸͈͌̑ě̴̞͎r̶̞̾̃ look.
Y̵͚̍o̷̫̼͊̓ǔ̴̳̲ be careful too. There are still p̵͚̆e̴̩͂̋ó̶̪p̴̥̰̍l̷͈̃e̴̦̬͌ ̶͉̓ḇ̸̅e̷̹͒i̵̠͎̊n̴̠̆̂g̴̝͐ ̴̬̬̇̈́b̷̧̝̂r̶̥͗ọ̶̇̂u̵͓̽̎g̷̗̎h̵͖͘t̶̞̏ ̷͕̚h̷̲̰͊͊e̸̟̅r̴̜̟̈́e̷̦̼̓́.̶͚͇͋ So keep an e̸̘͊̌y̵̥̽͑e̸̮̾͝ ̴͎̅ȍ̶͇̺̆u̵̗̒t̵̗̠͒,̵̤̐ ̵̙̒̚ȧ̷̹l̷̗̈͝l̸̉͜ ̶̟̋r̵̭̫̿í̶̻͜͠g̶̤͑̓h̵̊̏ͅt̸͍̀?̵̞̃
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[if he is also gone, then she hopes that this is getting through. if it doesn't, she will try again a couple minutes later.]
[and again and again, until he does see her message.]
let's call this feb. 22
He hates that they can barely talk, that even Horizon chats can last for little more than a few minutes. But most of them are out there, and he can withstand being in here. ]
Ẅ̶̨̧̛̗͓̙̘̤̝̹̫̰̭̲͙͕̈́̄͌̊̒̀͠ã̵̡̯͂̚̚n̴̡̛̳̳̝̰̈́̇͑̒͋̊̃̍͑͛̓͊̿̍̍͝d̷͍͚̺̄̾͑͋̀͜a̴̰̙̜͓̳̣͇̞̰̪̟̔̿̈́̾͊̅͛̍͝,̶̨̜͇̝͓̝̬͇̮͓̺͎͕̓̌ͅ ̷̬̰̗̣͖͉̾̇̈́̏̕h̵̢̛̰̫̲̟̼͗͆͆͐̽͆̉̿̆̒̽͒͘͘͘͝ȅ̸̺̼̯̹̩͚̫͋̈́̿̍̅̑͛̕͠ŷ̴̧̧̟͙̖̪̗̭̯͙͎̣̼̗̼̊͌͑͐̀͜͜.̶̣̟̟̖̟̠̽͌͆̿́̌͗̃͜ Y̴̨̛͍̣̭̰̝̮͕̲̭̻̞͚͇̜͋̑́͗̈́͘ȅ̴̢̝̤̺͎̪̥̦̣̪̘̳̘͓̠͖̜͂̈́̀͋̈́̈́́̀̉͐́͊̚͘͠͝a̷̛̹̪̘͔͓̰͍̗͇̳͋͂̒̈̐̑̈́̉́͂̕̚͜h̸͙̞̬̲͇̼̲́,̴̛̫̫͎̥̭͉̠̼͙̝͑̊͋̒̾̚ ̴̧̝̖̮̪͍̜̖͙̳̮̟̯̈̀͐́͛̆̂͒͠ͅI̶͓̫͓̦̪̥̩̹̺̰̋͂̽̾̅'̶̛̻́m̷̠̝̯̱̺̮͍̈̌͊͂͐̿́̓̔̏̈́͂ all right.
Don't worry, İ̴̯͔̻͔̫̮͍̞͓͉͍̖̌͗͜͝͝'̸̛̭̠͍̤̇̅͆̀̄͛͛́̔͂̄̕͝͝l̸̨͉͖̲̩̫̜̘͓̙͈̭̳̦͍͒͘ͅl̸̬̂̌͂̅̉́́̔͘͝͝ ̵̡̛͕̹̬̥͚̮̤̫̠̫̠͖̾̌͌̿͆̂͒̿͂̋̆̕͜l̵̘̦͍̺̬̯͗͐̅͋͜o̸̳͍̪̹̠̤̿̌̏̀̈́̓́̿͘͠͝ǫ̷̭̞̫̺̥̰͈̺̮̀̾͆͗͝k̶̫̳̞̭͕̭̊͒̈́́̍̂̉̃̀̏̍̔͘͜͝ ̵͇̪̫̗̤͕̳̲̪͍͓̘͎͎͎̬͐̈́ͅa̷̬̣̬̤͈̟̮͕͍͂́̚͜f̵̧̟̲̬̠̖͍͎̫͈̅̔͒̈̆͆t̴̢̺̻͔̦͍̘̣̦̝͓̟̺̝̿̈́̍͛͋̊̽̔͋̌͒͌͋͑̈́͜e̸͓͕̼̓̿r̴̡͈̗̠͚͈̘̩̝̝̣͈̲͓̣̓̉̈́̎̑̃ Matt.
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[that's a promise.
as for the other—]
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I know. Ị̶̧̧̡̡̟̩̙̮͕͇͚̣͎͒̀ͅ'̵̧̻̙̟̟̣̪̼͚̮͚̼͇͎͙̈̏͗̂̏͂̓̍̃͒̽͋̇͊ͅl̷̛͓̣̝̫̍͑̔̊͊̍̏̈́̋̐͂̓͋̚͠l̷̝̗͉͇̻̾̍ͅ ̴͓̺͓̈́̈́̀̌́̏̃̂̚͝͝d̸̨̡̨͚̞̤͇̻̓́̐̿̓̔̀̅̔̀̎́̏͘̚͠͝ơ̴̧̘̻̙͕̞̹͓̮̫͂͆͒̓̔͐̀́̇̉́͊ ̸̪̣̾̈́w̶̖̺̭̦͚̾̀̀̾̔͘̕̕̕h̶̘̦͇̦͕̖͕̼̼͓͋͋̀a̴̧̲̙͆̿͊̿̽̓͆̕͘t̸̨̺̖̜̥̬͍͔̻͌͗̐͌͜ͅ ̵̢̹̜̬̟̥̖̣͚̺͖̫̕͜I̵̥̝͙̪̻̙̐̈̅͒͛͊̾͗͗̾̽͒̾ ̷̨͓̥͕͇̱̙̜̲̘͔̤̓͊͐̈́̐̀̌̈́̌̀̈́̂͆c̴̡̛͚̳̼̤̜̻͎͓̱̦̤̲͉̓̇͊̓̓̐͂̈́̐͠ͅͅa̴̬̿̅̔ṅ̵̢̺̖̜̣͔͙͙͓̳͙̭̱ to keep him s̸̠͕̼̬̘͕̿͛͌a̶̡͛̓̏̂̏̏̿̿͌̾̕f̷̡͆̅͊̒̒̇̇̿̕͝ȩ̷̛̫͚́̍͋̏.̶̭͕͍̹͎̫̺̳̤͉̼̻͍̻͕̝̂͑̐̌̆̂̂̑
My enhancements ȃ̴̮̯͓̪̻͚̖̪̫͙̖̠̗̪̤̠́͗̏͛̒̈̊̅̀͛ͅr̵̢̧̹̯͕̗͚̝̭͚̦̙͉̝̬̰̠̅́̿ę̷̮̘͙̟̣̣̻̦̱͉̝̈́͛̌̇̓͒̽͆̕̚̕͜͜ ̶̧̱̜͐͐̅̒̓͐͝a̶̢̠̓ļ̶̺͔͇͔̩͇͕̲̺͇̦̬̗̱̌͆̀̂̓̑̓̈́̃̋̈́̒́͜͜s̴̲̪͍̹͔̟̰̫̈́͌̔͌o̶̻̯͙̩͇̪͖̬̤͕̹͆̌̈́ͅͅ ̷̢̙̠͔͓̥̣͙͈̗͚̄͌̂͜͠o̵̢̨̝̼̖̦͚̝̻͍̼̓̿́͆̔̅͊̅̉̈̉̍͘̚͘n̴̯̍̽̅̕ ̴̧̲͉͇͎͕̻̼̻͙̮̗̝̄̽͐̔̃̏̆̄̒̚͜t̵̨̛̥̩̤͉̰̰̱͓͇̯̮̱͉͗͐̓̅̇̎̇͌͋̎̿̆͘͝͝͝h̷͇̘͈̝̖͍̜̬͍̹̣́͂̎̑̕e̷̘͓͓̲̞̞̣̙͒̾͑͆̽͜ ̵͕̬͔̗̭͋̚ fritz.
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N̸͙̭̬̗̻̣̥͍̤̺͚͖͇̋͛̅́̅̓̆̄̾̈́͋͘̕͠ọ̴̡̨̧̠̱̤̟͉͓̪͎̦̣͓̑ţ̷̰͎͓̜͈̲͉̹͗̋͑̃̾̏̚͝ ̵̧̧̯̥͍̣̪͎̟̙̌̏̀͂i̷̞̟͎̐͊͒̋͒̄̀̚͜͠m̷̢̠̯̝̳̻͔̰͙͕̙̥͗͑̏̍͊͆͐̽̂̔̚͝͠͝m̶̨̪̝͎̖͖͈̍̔̎̏̓͐̓̋̓̋̈́̒̚ì̵̘̮̯̮̝͋̇̾̐͋̽̽̑̀̋̍̆̎ṋ̵̝̬̪͌ē̴̢̦̙͔̻̩̦̟̩̘̻̟̬̟͓̑̾̽͐͑̈͐̍̇̿ṉ̵͕̖̣̹̹͔̹̓̌̇ţ̸͎̱͍̙̥̯̮̍,̷̡̜̖͇̲̻̲̭͙͕̮̭̬̝̟̂̊͗̽̃̿͑͘͝ ̵͔̖̝͛͌͛͑͛ no. But there's corpses h̶͕̜͇̀̾̏̓̀́͝e̸̡̢̛̱̮̣̝̦̰̐̀͘ŗ̷̨̧̧̧̘̯͖̺̘̣̙̮͐͒̈́͛̂̅͒̈́͜͝ẽ̷̞̳̙͎̃̔͌̏̍͋͒̇́̑̅̆̏͝ͅ.̶̛̠̹͔̤̯̟͔̎́͌̉̆̓͗̽͌̂̄̕͝ ̵̧̟͉̲̼̖̣̩̭̣̻̺͋̑͐̚͜F̵͈̪͙̙̟̮̱͗̌̂̓͐͂͆͆̓̑̽́̈́̕r̴̯̘̐̎̃̈̄͑̍̀̈́̒̀̕̕ơ̵͕͉̟̾́̅̑̀̔̔͆̇̚m̴̜̰̬̮̝̼̰̌͐͆͝ ̷̯͍̹̞̬̺̱͉̲̒͌͐͊͛́̑͘͝͝b̸̫̫͔́͆͗̀̊̾͘é̴̥̞͚̤̻̜̘̰̲̈́́̇̃͒̆͘͜ͅf̶̥̪͌̅̚ò̶̗̬̊͋̈́̈̚͘̕r̶̨̠̳̠̣͈̯̲̼͍̥̝̖͚͉͑̎͒̾̈́ȩ̸͕̪͎͍̟͙̹͖̥̼͙̄̂̀̀̀̒̋̕ ̸̛̖͚̗͓̳͙̉̇̾̂͗̿̈͗͆̎w̷̢̨̡̼̬͎̟̣̩̱̪̐̈̓͋̾e̴̞̪̞̯̳̦̤̭̮͗̈̀͒͐͛͛̓̿͘̚ ̵̡̥̪̼̖͔̜̣̗͔͓̄͗̾ͅȧ̸͈̹̭̿r̴̡̛̛̜̮͓̔̔̽͑͒̀̇̉̔͗͂͌͝r̶̘̮̦̠̉̉̋̿̓͑̈́̆͘ì̴̻͕͙̫͗͒͑͆͠͝v̷̡̹̖͕̣͓̇̀͗̑̆̒͂̋͘͝͝ě̴̬̜̣͔̫̱͉͇̩͔̤͜ͅd̵̡̡͙͖͙̯̖̱̤̑͒̀.̴̤̞̈̒̂̂̋̃͂͆
W̸̛͚̌́́͒̅̆̓͂̃̋͒͠͠ͅe̶̗̖̝͋̇̈́͋̋̈'̵̣͓̜͙͍̱̲͕̼̰̮̩̹͑̾̕͠r̶̢̧̛͍̖̳̼̖̼͕̩͇̦̘̽̉̐̉̈͊̿̄͊̓͠͝͝e̵͎̥̩̅ getting out.
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this doesn't bode well. she knows he's just being informative, but it makes her panic surge.]
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And maybe Wanda just needs to hear from him, either way. So... ]
W̶͍̘̤̟̘̼̭̩̯̩͆̍͆͐̽̅̎̒̆̀̈́͘͠ë̴̢̯͕̦̪̫̠̣̱̖͉͎̱͙̀̈́̂ͅͅ'̵̡̢͈͎̦̘̟̣̯̙͍͙͉̪̯̇̐̈́͌̅̓̂͂̌͜ͅṙ̷̢̨̢̡̯̩͈̗͕̥̥̖̝̤̰͑͛ĕ̷̬͍͉̩̻̩̞͚̭̼̩̹̯̋͝ͅ ̵̡̛̼̳̝͉̳̻͙̯̑̒͑̈́̅̊͋͊̆̊̐̓̀̒̕͝i̷̯̝͗͆̌͛̌̚͘n̵̟͎͎̥͎͇̙̗̱̯̙̕ ̵͕̱̤̍͗̊̎̎̕͠ͅa̴̙͚̞͌̓̍̀̀̓̅̿̿͌͆̀̈́̎̌̈́̌ ̸̧̛̹͕̜͉̥̮̩̇̍͂͋̾́̽̿̋͆͐͠ͅḷ̸̥̟̦̼̗͇͚͖͍͔͍͂̔̅̿̕͜͠ä̸̢̞̥́̂̍̓͗̉͠rge cavern. W̸̥̝̳̼̝̞̰͊̅͋̈́͂̑͛̅͌͒̂͑̈́̈́͂ę̸̧̛̟͔͕̖̔̽͌͗̓̈́̈́̄̒̓̏͑͝ ̵̣͎̼͈͉̫̤̼̟̐̿͜ͅw̴͎̯̜͓͕̤͙̬̩̭̳̥̫̐̅̕ō̸͚̰̝̥̳̩̗̜̺̞̲̬͙̩̼̽̀͊̑̿̍̈͘͝ķ̸͎̟̺̜̥̠͖̫͉̩͗̊͊͆̋̐̈́̚̚͝͠͝ȩ̴̧͓̱̲̺̈̎̒̈́̆̅͋̒͝ ̷̧̛̬͇̳̦̳̑̑͒̃̀̽́̆̇̏͂͘̕̚̕͜͝u̶͓͍͉͎̾́̀͆̂͌̅̍̾̕̕͝p̴̫͚͗͐͗͒͑̓͌͊̓̀̋̃̐̇͋͌̕͜ ̶̢̬̜͖̝̳̥̀͒̿́͆͌̿͛̈́̏̔̎͋̎̌͝i̸̬̭͋͊̎͂̔̉̃͑͂͝n̶̨̧̛͔͈͕̹̠͈̱̖̯̗͛͗̍̉ ̶̣͇̌̏̀̅͊̏̃̊̐͗̑͆͑͛͗̕̚t̴͔͍̲̟̙̍̂̀̿̕͝ḥ̵̏ese plant... pod thin̶̹͉͖̥͍͓̪̳͖̦̣̩̘͕͓̂̿͊͜g̴̢̡̝̮͔̘̫͕̠̼̦̞̥̤̻̍̂̓̀́͌͛̃̎̒̏́̃͠͝s̴̛̝̻̟͇̮͈̝̫͔̫̬̹̮̱̏̂̀̇̆̊̉͐̀̾̓̓͜͜͝ͅ ̸̢̫͚̰͚͖̪͇̮͖̤͔̦͂͗s̶͓̻͉̠̬̮̝͔̹̱͍̳̬̤̐̌͋͌̂͝ͅȩ̵̩̖̠̯̗̝͍̈́͋̊̃̀͑̓̏͑̍̈́͘n̸̨̛̪͈̮͓̂͒̾̕ṱ̸̢̬̺̉̋́̋̈́̈́̒̈́͌͋̎͋͘ ̴̤̥̯̥͉͎̗͔͚͋͌̈́̒̄͠͝i̴̧͖̳̓̍̕ǹ̶̥̖̤͓͗̋̀t̴̹̪̜̺͆͘ͅo̸͎̞͎͕͇̳̔ ̶̧̘͎̠̰͍̗̳̳͉̫̘̰͙̲̻̻͐̽̄͛̒͗̂̆͗̔͛͛̀̾̔̚t̶̛̲̏̂̒̏̿́̉́͗̋͆̆̾͘h̸̩͚̓͛͑̅̈́̃͝ȇ̸̢̙̘͈̤̩͍̫̑͆̓̍̏̑̓̃̄͋͒̍̑̚͝ ̸̨̨͔̫̝̞̳̈̌́̌̕w̶̛̹̪̣̙̼̆̇̍͊ḁ̵̢̭̖̪͍͔̤͈̪͔̬̤̐̆̀͋͜ͅļ̸̜̽͌̈́̇̀̑̓͘ḻ̸̡͇̥̣͚͒̔̈̅͐̇̓̈́͒͌̉̕͝.̶̜̦̹̭̖̙͍̙̺͊̉̽ͅ
Only water s̵̹͉͈̹̿̽̋̎͌̽̏͑́͊͆̾͘̚̚̚o̷̪̪͙͆u̴̲̩̣̬̳̹̝͔̪̠͎̝̩̅̽̓͂ŕ̷̡̢̧̛̫͕̼̤̮̹̰̗̳̥̗̟̳̏̄͑̀̃̅̇̒́͆̒͝ͅç̴͓͓̰͍̺̠͉͎͔̣̲͖̞̫̄̌̌͂̑̈̊͌͒̈́͂͊͐̃͛͘͜ͅe̵̡̝̟͎̠̦͚̗̗̰͆ ̸̧̢̭̥̜̹̖͚̓͝͝ì̵̢͙̖̹̤̰̦̖͒͝ͅͅs̷̥̣̊ ̶̲̺̤̼͕̙̰̙̉̑̅̓̽̐͗͆͠a̴̢͎͈͕͋͑́̑̐̐ ̶̧̛̠̘͓͈͔̼̹̹̰̖̙̦͓̈́̌̇͆̒͐͛̊̽́̾̍͘͘̚͠ͅẅ̵̧̬̹̭̜͓̮͍͖͎̪͙́̀̑̎̈̂͑͋̈́̀̔̇̇̕̕͝e̴̟̦̬͇̫̺͍̼͚̫͓̬͑ll, and there's l̴͇̭̰̗͐͜ǫ̵̛̙̼͔͕̬̫̠̫̩̖͍̳̏̑͒̋̅̑̇̌̽̄̈́̈́͜ͅt̵̢̗̥̾͛̎̐̀͐́̔̂̈́̆̊͝s̵̢̧͍̙̞̯̝̼͙̘͎͙̱͉͇̾̉̇̊̂͛̌̊̑͗̚ ̴̣̖̥̬̹̪̄͂̏͊̇͂̽̕͠ő̶̦f̵̛͎̭̤̪̫̮̰̲̦̳̝͂̽̾̀̓͗̌̅ ̵͖͚̀̊͆̿̿̽̔̊̊̓́̐̇͋̚͘r̴̢̡͈̹̘͕̫͇̳̭̭̥͙̤͙̃̄̓̐̓̀͐̌̅̿̄ō̶̦͋t̴̛̛͔͈̄̎͌̈́̋̒̀̈́͘̕͝ͅten corn, for some reason.
T̷̢̡̡̯̹̘̳̖͔͇͚̙͎̄̄̎̇͒̃͊̕͘͜h̶̛͙̱͖̲̍̈́͛̈͆̿̈́̉e̶͚̓̀̿ ̷̢̜͉͇̙̺̣̘̻͖̯̩̦̀̿̑̐͌̎͘ͅp̴̢̡̯͇̞̼̩̜̟͇͚͖̃͗e̷̢͓̹͍̝͕̟̦͕̺̜̻̗̯̼͈̔ȯ̷̡̨̹̜̻̞̫̼̘͓̙̬̙̞͍̥͌͊͜p̷̹͍̻͊̑́̍̊͌́̓͠l̸̲͎̳͕̥͙̱̃̅̃̃͐̈́̿̏̾̋͝ę̴̳̳̹̙̻̩̠̤̝̼̱͜͠ ̶̧͍̺̘̙͇̩̾̾̈̄͘͠ͅw̷̛͉̦͎͗̿̓̓͑̌̾̃̂̿̈͘ḩ̶̩̘͖̩̤͍͆̈́͑̄̊̏̕͝͝ŏ̵̪̣̻͔̝̖̘̉̈͒̚ watch us w̵̧̤̄͑̈̂̕͝ę̴̢̳̫͎̗̥͈̳̙͇̜͈̩̃̓̆̐̓̐̈́͆̒͊͜â̵̻̈́͊͊̓̎͒̆̀͌͠r̵̡͈̗͇̖̜̼͚̬͚̙̖̀̏̏̓̈́̐̕͘ͅͅ ̷̢̦̩̗͓̲̱̮̤̜̹͋̑͌̒̅̌͌s̶̮̫̫̗̬̗̖̞̦͈̙̼̈́̎͋̇͋̃̋̇̓̚͝͝͠ͅͅt̷̛̛͓̱͉̳̻̬͎̣͉͚͎̅̅̂̒̓̈̇̃̑̈̐̆̒͝͝r̶̛̳̿̄̔̃̇̈́̀̕͘͝â̴̧̻̤̮̪̺͓͉̗̮̲͇̤̥̭̞̊̈́̊͛͊͐͌͗̀͛͝ͅn̵͇̗̞̬̫̹̟͙̈́͊̾̈́͋͐̒́̌̑͋̚͘ģ̵̜̜̙̣̝̼͉̱̬̰̗͕̺̤̑̒͛͋͊͒̋̇̽́̋̊̿̾́̚͜ͅẽ̸̢̞̟̠̲̱̹̟͍̳̹̖̖̜̽̃̾͋͒̂̌̄̀̒̐͋̕͘ͅ masks.
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nothing is not suspect, though.]
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Ȱ̸̧̻̻͚̋̃̕͜f̸̧͐f̸̧̙͙̤̭̹͖̼̳͎͎͌̆̈́̀̔̉̅̅̀̅ white, c̸̫͔̠̺̘̆́̋̔͊͂̿̃̈̚͝r̵͚̗͖̹̺̆̎̇͛͐́̓́̀͠ͅa̷̜̻͙͙͇̘̼̺̳͇̥̣̒cked. The eyes l̶̨̫̦͎͓̗̟̮̮͉̳̭͚͖͗͆͌ǫ̸̱̳̜̗͓͈̳̙͓͈͙̠̯́́͗̽͗̊̉͗̀̿͜ô̵̪͆̃͛͑͑̈́̈́̑͛́͘͝͠k̷̨̦̯̟͋̾̔̒̉̽̉́̃̒̈́̍̋̅̚͝͝ ̷̡̫͓͎͈̦͔̮̥̦͈̺͓̯͐̿͗́̚ͅľ̵̡̺͙̼̬͎͓̿͐̃̓̄̓̾̈̉͠i̵̧̢̦̮̙̹͔̩̞͔̞̲̝̝͈̽͂͜k̴̡̭̥̟̤̮͈̼̽̏̐̅͊̅̂̀̍̔̎͘͝e̵̺̣͉̣̾̈́̆̉̈́̈̅̈́ ̸̜̪̠̝̲̄͐̉̈́̋̌̍͊̆̾̚k̷̢̧̢̹̙̥͇̥̥̼̲͉̗̍̂̇̆̿̃͝͠ȅ̸̪̞̮͍͓͙̘̼̱̝̻̖̩̮̻͍̭͌̾̐̈̓̎̈́̎͂̇̕̕͝ỹ̶̭̝̳̞̈́́̓́̔̌͝holes. Black marḳ̵͙̓̎͒̀̑̈̍̎̕̕͝ḯ̴̧̛̛͈̲͂͠n̶̨̧̺̥̬͚̥͍͍̱͓̬̘͓̗͕̂̌͐̆̌͂́̀̔͜͝g̷̛͓̘͔̤̘̟̈́̋̀͂̍͑̈̉s̵̨̡̘͇̯̗̭̤͕̗͕̏̔̓̃̔͐̋̆̀̾̉̒̈́̊.̶͕͎̜͒
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[she's...maybe seen something like that before.]
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D̸̍͘ͅǫ̶͔͔̮̋͋e̵͍̓͌̔s̵͎̺̄͑̐̃ ̵͔̓̽̽̂t̸̡̰͈̓̓̌h̶̩̙̆͂ã̸͔͙̙͜t̷͖̻̥̘̔̈̃̐ mean something t̶͎͘o̴̢̺̊͂͑ ̶̡͔̏y̸͖̮̭̋͛ȏ̴̘͛͂ū̵̧̍͆?̶̰̬̇̽͘
No, t̴̳͙͋h̵̺͂͝e̸̛̞͖y̷͕̜͐͗ ̷̠̋͑h̸̑ͅa̸̬̦͝v̷͈͘è̴̞n̷̦̿'̸̻͑̽t̵̫͐̒͜ really said m̷͂͜ű̷̡̯c̵̮̳̋͘ḫ̸̭̈́̕,̵̰͕̌̈ ̵̣̜̌b̶̬̩͠ú̷̢t̵͈̥͛ ̸̩̥̑Ī̶͓̍'̴͚̼̈́m̴͈̭̅́ ̷̦̒g̸͎̖͌͒o̸̜̎͝n̷̜̦̾̃n̴͓̟͗̎a̵̡͌ try to get more o̴̟͝ṳ̶͐t̶̖͐ ̸̤̀ò̵̠f̷̝̃ ̵̻̌t̷̼͒h̴̫̆e̵̳͝m̶̡̉.̸̻̓
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[related? it might be.]
[maybe not but it's worth asking.]
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No. Sorry.
B̵̹̫̋̓u̷̡̽͒ͅt̶̨̜͆͘ ̸͎̉I̶͚͐̐'̴̞̑̍͜l̸̤̐͐l̸̖͛͘ ̶͖̖͂͝ć̵̬̪ȯ̶̢̠m̷̻̿̒m̶̠̈́͂i̶̫̾́ť̵͖ͅ to memory a̴̬͐s̴̲͐ ̸̭͐m̸͖͐u̶̗͆c̷̯͑h̵̼́ ̵͙͝a̵͇͘s̵̭̑ ̵̘̓Ǐ̵̘ ̸͉̚c̵̤͝a̵̙͝n̷̹̑.̵̨̔
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When, not if. ]
Not that I̵͇̾'̸̛͉v̶͎̋ē̶̩ ̷͍̐s̵̖̽ę̸̄ę̷̓n̷̠̋,̶͈͊ ̵̦̈b̷̪͒u̴̩̔t̸̖̆ ̶̦̄ï̷̜t̵͈̆'̴͉̊s̸͇̅ dark. T̷̘͐͜͝h̷̗̿̈́ͅe̵̩͕̕̕r̷̯̔ę̷̳͑̓ ̴̛͇͈̅ȉ̸͚̃s̸͔̒ ̶̦͒̀a̷̺̰͑͝ tunnel system and w̴̩͜͠h̵̰̃ȁ̵͚t̷̗͕͑̈́ ̶̘͌p̴̨̄̍e̵̦̓ò̷͕̝̆p̶͍̣̋̍l̷̟͌͂é̸̬̬͘ ̶̞͠ȃ̷̪͙r̵̬̊̈ȇ̸̠ ̷̥̗͋̀c̵̬̑̎â̷ͅl̸̡͔͝l̷̥̭̆i̴̯̊ñ̴̬̗g̸̖̈ shrines, so Ḯ̸͎̝̓'̴̱͘l̸͓̩͗l̵̜̮̇ ̴̦͍͝t̴͇͎͛̈́ȧ̴̖̲̕k̸̞͇̋́è̵͎ ̵̬̆ȃ̷͕ ̸̢́c̶͇͋l̵̘̋o̷̧̖͗s̸͈͌̑ě̴̞͎r̶̞̾̃ look.
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There are still p̵͚̆e̴̩͂̋ó̶̪p̴̥̰̍l̷͈̃e̴̦̬͌ ̶͉̓ḇ̸̅e̷̹͒i̵̠͎̊n̴̠̆̂g̴̝͐ ̴̬̬̇̈́b̷̧̝̂r̶̥͗ọ̶̇̂u̵͓̽̎g̷̗̎h̵͖͘t̶̞̏ ̷͕̚h̷̲̰͊͊e̸̟̅r̴̜̟̈́e̷̦̼̓́.̶͚͇͋ So keep an e̸̘͊̌y̵̥̽͑e̸̮̾͝ ̴͎̅ȍ̶͇̺̆u̵̗̒t̵̗̠͒,̵̤̐ ̵̙̒̚ȧ̷̹l̷̗̈͝l̸̉͜ ̶̟̋r̵̭̫̿í̶̻͜͠g̶̤͑̓h̵̊̏ͅt̸͍̀?̵̞̃
[ Yes, he will worry about her. Even now. ]
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[she also doesn't want to take more of steve's time, or concentration, should he need to focus on his surroundings now.]
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And this final (for now, at least) message sends with no interference. ]
I know.