[The barricade is out of the way and he takes another deep breath before he can get up the courage to open the door, but then he does and there's--
It's Emily. It's Emily, still, not a wendigo, not yet, no matter what she looks like. He's simultaneously worried and frightened, but he needs to not act on either; stay focused, they have a goal here.
But he stays frozen, just for a moment, until he's sure that at least for now it's still Emily making the decisions rather than the wendigo instincts.]
H-hey.
[There's no hiding how scared he is, so he doesn't really try.]
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It's Emily. It's Emily, still, not a wendigo, not yet, no matter what she looks like. He's simultaneously worried and frightened, but he needs to not act on either; stay focused, they have a goal here.
But he stays frozen, just for a moment, until he's sure that at least for now it's still Emily making the decisions rather than the wendigo instincts.]
H-hey.
[There's no hiding how scared he is, so he doesn't really try.]
Let's uh... L-let's do this.