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"Be nice, Liz," a woman hisses

"Oh, cos and bacon?"

"Everyone likes them! But we don't have either! All we have is jerky and trail mix"

"Yeah, but those don't rhy me just how cold the rest of ot six other people to wake up"

Ito open my eyes They feel crusty and heavy, and I wipe them clean as I blink Am I in the hospital? But whenfaces—a redhead with freckles wearing a fur coat, and a lean-faced blonde with a puffy white fur hat They both s moves behind them

It'sa devil

My eyes bug, and I sit upright, trying to back away I scramble to find my knife, but my hands feel as if they're wooden blocks, and I can't find anything at all I touch nothing

The blonde turns her head and glares at the devil nearby "Stay back, Raahosh You're scaring her"

The scarred devil scowls at her but ot horns and a loincloth…and not asp in shock, and my breath puffs in front of my face Not summer Cold

Real cold

I blink again, staring

"You're with friends," the freckled woman says sweetly, a smile on her face "I promise you're with friends"

"Where ae

Freckles bites her lip "Sooo…there's good news and bad news Which one do you want?"

Oh god I've had enough bad news to last me a lifetime What is it now? I've somehow been re-located somewhere? Brad kidnapped me and left ? Because I'round are not real They can't be "Good news," I decide "Tell ood news"

Her shtens "You are couys look a bit alar, but I can reassure you that everyone here just wants your absolute well-being We're going to help you adjust"