Camp: private conversations

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[fallbymyhands]

[HM. . .]

I'd like to ask a question about that, if you don't mind. If you have a moment.

The other day, you warned Ren away from burning the time out shack because "something" might scream. When I approached him about this, he stated he couldn't tell me what he meant because you asked him to keep it a secret.

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What did you tell him?

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[Oh, someone else is about to figure it out?]

Think about it. Why would something scream if it was on fire?

[fallbymyhands]

It would scream because it's alive.

[which is exactly what she had supposed to Ren, although he had been unable to comment any further on same]

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Exactly.

[She's starting to figure it out too yaaay.]

So, what do you think Ren is keeping quiet?

[fallbymyhands]

[if this true she suddenly understands why Red told Ren to keep quiet!!]

That's what I'm not certain of just yet. Is it simply the camp, and camp buildings that are alive? Or perhaps. . . it's the entire planet?

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Thankfully it's not the entire planet, no. Your other answer is closer to the truth.

[fallbymyhands]

[oh thank god, "living camp" feels better than "living planet."]

[on the whole, though, she's handling this quite well]

At one point in my life, I might have insisted that such a thing was impossible.

Ren also mentioned something about believing that the rocks were in places other then us. And taking that in conjugation with what Talcott attempted to communicate today-- if that was, indeed, Talcott. . .

[the gears in her mind are spinning, and although the conclusions she reaches are unfavorable, she states them all with a chilling calmness]

Is this camp. . . comprised entirely of the creature that infected us? And is this creature simply an organic being perhaps being studied by the organization for which you work?

Are we meant to be "food?"

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It's...

[She frowns.]

...actually, I'm not sure if it could be called 'organic' or not.

[fallbymyhands]

[jesus christ that's the only part Red is challenging]

. . . what would you call it?

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A fossil. Or a rock.

[fallbymyhands]

A living fossil.

[that makes sense, in context with everything else they've seen]

Does this living fossil have a name?