No Good Deed

Jigano responded with his usual calm demeanour, which Sam found immensely comforting amidst all the terror of Longnight. He let himself be guided away from the door, happy to be walking with his friend as if it were all normal. "I...I c-came here with Remi. My boy-boyfriend. He wa..wanted to be w-with everyone else." He said Remi's title with the kind of pride one reserved for their best achievements. "So...I was n-never home." Sam hoped Mia was okay. He had left her with a mountain of food and water, locked all the doors and windows twice and put a blanket down. From their communications he'd found she was a solitary kind of mind, like him, and didn't mind being by herself. "My ha..hands....I went o-outside. And...Isla...um..." Sam decided to leave that for a moment so he could answer the question he was asked. "I fell over. And I was sc-scared, so I ran fast. But..I-I'll be okay. But...Jigano...d-do you know about...about Isla? What ha-happened to her? And...why are y-you here now?" Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child