[He's come to terms with that since he and Ashley first talked about the issue, but it's still terrifying. It's not bad enough that they all went through what they did, but to have to fear being charged with murder and a whole list of other offenses is just...
He takes a deep breath and tries to think of what they have in their favor, both to reassure himself and Emily.]
But I mean, we already know the police can't do their jobs; we're American, not Canadian, so there's a whole problem with jurisdiction and they'd only have circumstantial evidence at best. And the lodge probably didn't burn enough to destroy like, some of the things that back up our story.
[Like the bodies of the wendigos, or at least the bones. And if the fire didn't spread to the basement, there are tapes and the stranger's journal and other things that can help prove they're telling the truth. But if not...]
Besides, they'd um... It'd probably be me or Mike they'd think did it.
[So Emily's probably in the clear. Chris and Mike have the most motive to have killed Josh, and they're the last ones to have see him if the police didn't believe the wendigo portion of the story.]
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[He's come to terms with that since he and Ashley first talked about the issue, but it's still terrifying. It's not bad enough that they all went through what they did, but to have to fear being charged with murder and a whole list of other offenses is just...
He takes a deep breath and tries to think of what they have in their favor, both to reassure himself and Emily.]
But I mean, we already know the police can't do their jobs; we're American, not Canadian, so there's a whole problem with jurisdiction and they'd only have circumstantial evidence at best. And the lodge probably didn't burn enough to destroy like, some of the things that back up our story.
[Like the bodies of the wendigos, or at least the bones. And if the fire didn't spread to the basement, there are tapes and the stranger's journal and other things that can help prove they're telling the truth. But if not...]
Besides, they'd um... It'd probably be me or Mike they'd think did it.
[So Emily's probably in the clear. Chris and Mike have the most motive to have killed Josh, and they're the last ones to have see him if the police didn't believe the wendigo portion of the story.]