Sanctum of Death

"I always have. I always will."

She hesitates.

"I knew we'd be friends. When we first met. I knew we'd be friends."

She looks away.

"I think something very bad began today. Or maybe it really began before that, maybe months before that, or maybe thousands of years before that. And I'm sorry. Because maybe I could have done something. I was frightened. I thought that telling Imane would be enough. Maybe there was more I could have done, but I was fearful, and now we'll all pay the price. You, me, your friends. Even Imane."

"I don't understand at all! First Imane, and now you. You're not making any sense."

"'Thousands of years ago?' Is this something to do with the paintings we saw in the cave?"

"What do you mean, you could have done something? Like what? Go in after us yourself?"

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