Ink trails after them, crossing its bony fingers and (less bony) toes as tight as it could.

"Yeah." It took a deep breath and does its best to smile back. "Right."

~A dark room can't kill a whole building and Trav's not stupid. And Ron is a hundred pieces so what's he gonna do?~

"Probably the trees then. And if that's the case then for both our sakes we probably gotta get out of here as quick as possible."

"I don't know." It replied as if still talking into the device, thoroughly distressed. "But..."

~What if it isn't and something happened to them?~

“Guyyyyys?” It drawled. “You there?”

~Shit…~

“I-…” It can’t meet her gaze. “Seriously, it’s nothing. I was just…” it straightened up, “wondering how things were going back at the other lab, the one I came from? Aha, speaking of, I could just-“

~Incredible dodge!~
It reached for the comms device.

“Hi guys! How are *you* guys doing?” Okay dude, no need to be THAT loud.