[That is a great idea. Sei can still sit without her missing leg impacting that, so she nods and... wanders off with Milla to find a bench or something.
[A BENCH OR A PORCH there are definitely places to sit. Milla keeps an eye on Sei to see if she needs help getting around, but since she seems to be doing well for herself, she doesn't offer just yet]
That's right. I already spoke to Natalie, so I know a little bit about what's down there. But she couldn't give me the whole story.
[mostly because she was too traumatized to, but you know]
I know there's a labyrinth of tunnels down there. Natalie told me it was a very. . . odd place. She said she saw herself through a window, passed by beds and food that tempted her to stop and rest, walked through a hallway covered in cat fur that growled at her, and then encountered. . . spikes.
[but she hadn't gotten Natalie to tell her anything beyond that]
[But not identical. She mulls that over for a few moments.]
I found a room with beds and food that encouraged me to rest, as well. I'm not sure if it was the same one, or... if it was just a similar one. But the other hallways I found...
[She shudders and brings one hand up to her neck, where there are still some faint bruises - strangulation marks.]
...hands came out of the walls in one hall. I... avoided them, mostly, until one of them managed to catch me. It... [She gestures uselessly with one hand.] I cut it off, and the wall... it screamed, like it was alive.
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Once they've done that, she sighs.]
...you had questions, right?
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That's right. I already spoke to Natalie, so I know a little bit about what's down there. But she couldn't give me the whole story.
[mostly because she was too traumatized to, but you know]
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[Ultimately, she hadn't found much down there. Nothing useful, really. Or at least - that's how she had seen it.
But maybe she just lacks the perspective to interpret it properly.]
How much do you know already?
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I know there's a labyrinth of tunnels down there. Natalie told me it was a very. . . odd place. She said she saw herself through a window, passed by beds and food that tempted her to stop and rest, walked through a hallway covered in cat fur that growled at her, and then encountered. . . spikes.
[but she hadn't gotten Natalie to tell her anything beyond that]
Was your experience similar to hers?
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[But not identical. She mulls that over for a few moments.]
I found a room with beds and food that encouraged me to rest, as well. I'm not sure if it was the same one, or... if it was just a similar one. But the other hallways I found...
[She shudders and brings one hand up to her neck, where there are still some faint bruises - strangulation marks.]
...hands came out of the walls in one hall. I... avoided them, mostly, until one of them managed to catch me. It... [She gestures uselessly with one hand.] I cut it off, and the wall... it screamed, like it was alive.
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It may not be an identical experience to Natalie's, but it does seem just as surreal.
[growling hallways and hands??? in the walls??? WHAT THE FUCK IS DOWN THERE. . .]
It just makes me all the more curious about the labyrinth's origins.