[John halts, feeling frustrated and still that fear overlaying everything else. And Mary... there had been something that thing did to Mary... to him? He tries to think of a way to address it with Alfie without telling him about Mary.
He's clever and you're really not very good at lying to him, my love. Want to risk it? She has a point.]
It's over there.
[The doctor points in the direction of the next light. It's a ways away, and they'll need to find a way around the ravine before getting there. To the left, there's a marble wall with steps that seem to be heading of toward the ceiling at an impossible angle to actually use. The area to the right is open... maybe. There's a red-tinted mist in that direction.]
Alfie, with that... thing. Did you notice anything strange about it?
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He's clever and you're really not very good at lying to him, my love. Want to risk it? She has a point.]
It's over there.
[The doctor points in the direction of the next light. It's a ways away, and they'll need to find a way around the ravine before getting there. To the left, there's a marble wall with steps that seem to be heading of toward the ceiling at an impossible angle to actually use. The area to the right is open... maybe. There's a red-tinted mist in that direction.]
Alfie, with that... thing. Did you notice anything strange about it?
[Apart from its existence.]