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[The camera flicks on and we see a nervous boy, eyes wide - bewildered - and mouth open in a look of surprise as he tentatively eyes the camera. He has a black eye and there is blood on his hair, though he hasn’t the faintest clue as to how it got there. The camera shakes in his hands, the picture remaining unfocused. It appears as if Aaron is in a
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[a pause]
You're bleeding.
[He says this hesitantly, because it doesn't look like there's a wound. But how else could it have gotten on this harmless kid?]
And what do you mean 'lost the time'?
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[Aaron blushes and puts his hand over his hair self-consciously. He didn't even know it was there until the other lady told him..]
I d-don't know how it got there, s-sir. All I know is that I- that I bl-blacked out and then it was like this.
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[awkward pause]
...you don't need to call me 'sir'. Leon's fine.
Do you black out a lot? You should probably see someone with healing skills.
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Wha-- H-how... [And that's the extent of his verbalizing capabilities at the moment.]
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No one knows. But it's really not that bad here...
[Okay, aside from the murders and the trapped feeling and the mist and the child-eating monster/human... no, wait. Change of strategy.]
There's a lot of people working really hard to get back.
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[Aaron nods, the movement forced. But at least the effort is there right?] Will they get h-hurt trying, do ya think?
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I don't know.
...you think you can find you way around okay?
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...let me know if you get lost. I know this place pretty well.
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[That came out sounding a little more like an order than he intended it to.]
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I d-don't know how to- to get a job here..
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There's a cafe and a ramen shop run by other Scorched. You can get jobs in places run by the natives, too, but they're less friendly.
Just don't look for jobs underground. Actually, don't go down there at all if you can help it.
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What's under- underground?
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