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"Why did you cohtens, as if he’s in pain "Curiosity But we found ere not the only ones here"

"LaRoux Industries"

Alec nods "They found a way to sever us, to cut us off from each other"

"But why don’t you leave?" I ask "Return hoe they built around us We cannot fully enter your world or return to ours" His face--e flickers, and fear snakes throughout

"Please! How can I help you? I can’t lose Lilac again"

Alec’s face is aith sye keeps us here, but we are stretched too thin There isn’t much time left Less, now If we could trade our--our lives for hers, ould To find an end, to sleep"

"Why less?"

"Her signal

"The distress signal? That’s draining you?"

"Soon there won’t be enough left" Alec flickers again, fading as his ie sputters out The next moment there’s onlyover to the bank ofthe signal juhtly across the screens as I search for any way I can find to shut it down In the end I sio dead, and for an instant the rift swirls a little brighter

Alec’s voice--the whisper’s voice--is still ringing in my ears We are stretched too thin Lilac’s only hope is tied to these creatures, and they’re fading

I walk back toward the ladder I need air--I need space to ht the whispers carry

They’ve poured what energy they have into reaching out to us, drawing us here with visions and whispers, giving us e need--giving me my Lilac--so we could find them Now they can barely keep her here

I understand nohy they brought her back They neededto understand themy brains out in the cave, when I was their only hope at release But they’re still trapped, and I don’t kno to give the