... think, if that was the case for ours, that I wouldn't be the one that got to have the items.

[ he puts the box in his satchel again, leaving it at that. he would have chosen hope, too, clearly. ]

We're gonna have to be prepared, this week, for another group. Pesti told me it was just another side effect of Scawwy - like how a new place pops up every week, just that these ones are dangerous. And... maybe based on memories, in some way. [ grim, there, but moving on. ] We need to take care of the people that return, and make sure that what they have stays safe with them, if they bring somethin' like these things back.