[ There's a breath and then a silence before Jim barrels ahead, words running together and tripping over one another in his rush to get things out. ]

-Zell's dead. If you - [ Wait. He realizes he missed something and backtracks. ] Jumped in front of a monster and… you know. He talks to a lot of people, I didn't know who to send messages to.

And there's one other thing. It's. We were. [ His voice breaks and there's a sound like the tablet's being shoved away. The audio cuts off for a moment before Zack takes over. His own voice subdued and almost too quiet. ]

We’ve been looking into a weird fire lately. It reacts to blood, but a little cut’s not going to work. We’re.. trying the blood from that thing we ran into before, but if that doesn’t work... and losing too much blood around here’s… [ Zack trails off for a second and a bit of shuffling can be heard before he continues. ] ...Anyway, we’re looking for anyone that would be willing to help us with this.

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