Serpent Lake I'm sorry, I didn't mean any of it; I just got too lonely, lonely woah

He hesitated, blue eyes lingering on Kemal with concern written into his expression. Are you - you're not going to the mesa alone, right? Panacea couldn't quite keep the tinge of anxiety out of his voice. He couldn't just leave his leader to face a potential threat alone.

And something had been off about that woman. Something that lingered at the back of his thoughts but refused to materialize, shrouded in bone-deep dread. To name another's madness was an arrogance he'd sworn off long ago. But this felt... different. It felt like danger in ways he didn't yet understand.