[ Now that they've cased the room well enough to know that, barring any supra-natural occurrence (never an impossibility in a place like this), they're not going to be suddenly mauled by some horrible creature, Kim allows his shoulders to relax, just a mite. This safe haven won't last forever. They still need to get out, after all. But they can at least afford themselves a moment to get their breath back, to soothe whatever pains got brought up by -- whatever the hell that thing was. ]
...try not to worry. About that thing looking like someone you knew. They've been known to pull this sort of thing, from time to time. All it is is a trick, pulled from your mind, your memories. They bear very little resemblance to the people we actually knew, when all is said and done.
[ It's what he needed to hear too, back in that godforsaken mall. Not that he heard it from anyone else - he had been blissfully alone through all of that, something for which he's deeply grateful; he doesn't appreciate the idea of someone seeing him in that state of disarray - but he at least knows what the right thing to say is. The only thing that can really keep anyone going, after this sort of thing. ]
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[ Now that they've cased the room well enough to know that, barring any supra-natural occurrence (never an impossibility in a place like this), they're not going to be suddenly mauled by some horrible creature, Kim allows his shoulders to relax, just a mite. This safe haven won't last forever. They still need to get out, after all. But they can at least afford themselves a moment to get their breath back, to soothe whatever pains got brought up by -- whatever the hell that thing was. ]
...try not to worry. About that thing looking like someone you knew. They've been known to pull this sort of thing, from time to time. All it is is a trick, pulled from your mind, your memories. They bear very little resemblance to the people we actually knew, when all is said and done.
[ It's what he needed to hear too, back in that godforsaken mall. Not that he heard it from anyone else - he had been blissfully alone through all of that, something for which he's deeply grateful; he doesn't appreciate the idea of someone seeing him in that state of disarray - but he at least knows what the right thing to say is. The only thing that can really keep anyone going, after this sort of thing. ]