I won't hurt you, there's no point hidinganymore."Binary moved out until she was visible to the woman. She looked overBinary with an intense glare, as... if she was examining her for potentialdanger before ignoring her to do what she needed to do. Binary tried toslip away but the woman loudly told her, "Stay put, you aren't leavingyet."Binary froze, the woman had some kind of power over her that her nanitescouldn't counter. It was as if her mind was trying to do one thing whileher body did. "Sam? Where have you guys been? I've tried calling you all evening. You're alright aren't you?" Carly asked."Yeah Carls, we're fine. Freddie and I just went out and lost track of time, you know how that happens. We had our phones off because we didn't want to be disturbed." Sam told her."Alright. I understand. Where are you? Are you in a car? I can hear music and an engine running." Yeah, we are on our way back to the dorm." Sam lied. "We figured we should let you know now how we were instead. One morning she kept checking her watch/heart rate monitor. Is it not linking up I ask her? No she says, the connection is there, I just cant get my heart rate in its target zone for some reason. Her and I usually tore up the WoD routines with no problem. Are you ok I ask? She says yes she will figure it out and continues to play with her monitor. I chuckle and mutter under my breath I could spike your heart rate as I walk to the next circuit.What was that she asks? Hmmmm???? I reply. She says. It shames me even now to say it, but in the wake of such great tragedy the one I wept most for was myself. Quinlan had hinted to me of a future more than stealing crumbs and coppers, but he had been taken from me before I could be shown the way to it. Even if somehow I managed to find my way out of this wilderness, I was forever lost.I managed to wrap Quinlan in blankets, but he was too heavy to move and I was forced to leave him. I managed to free my gear from beneath the body of Goliath and.
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