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[Leaders and Seconds]

Alright, I haven't been able to identify the guy I saw. He's not in the Haling High yearbook. So, either he's homeschooled, new this year, or I imagined him and just have a thing for the Kurt Cobain look.

Lenore says if he was a Shadow, then he must have been an incredibly weak one since he didn't set off alarms. Also, now my room doesn't have a floor length mirror because it's been quarantined, and the local psychic thinks I'm a stalker.

[Marzio and Tal]

Thanks, you two did great. Ready for Thursday?

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There's got to be something. Especially if it was a rash of disappearances. Sounds like a day at the public library is in order. Thank you. I appreciate the help.

It's a little [...] interesting. That we hadn't found out about the Rash of Missing Teens from anyone but our own teachers.
You'd think that's something a small town would talk about for years.

Or the sort of thing that a small town wants everyone to forget, depending. But, I agree. Either way, seems like something's up.

Has been up for a while.
I [...] also hope he was just homeschooled.
I don't want to imagine being trapped there.

There's no way anyone could survive that, right? Like, whatever he is, if he was a victim from before, he's probably not [...] alive now?

I doubt even one of us could make it more than a day or two alone.

All the more reason to make sure everyone always gets out in time.

I wonder how much further away the temple's going to be this time.

Maybe we'll luck out. Maybe it'll be closer. Like how the rifts always seem to want to put us at the cathedral, now. Just in case, though, I did plenty of running over break.

Ah. Jogging, my old nemesis.

I'd suggest getting wheelies, but they're not much use in soggy dirt.

Not on his own.
Maybe [...] kept alive. Somewhere.

Also not a happy thought.

Like the first ash man. In the castle dungeon? Or [...] different?

Like that.

Hm. If that's the case, I hope we can find a way to release him. Anyone who's stuck like that. It's [...] a lot to think about.

It might not be real at all.
I'm just guessing now.

That wasn't a real person. Being trapped in a castle dungeon was more of a [...] Shadow metaphor.

But... they did keep the kids from the bus alive. For a short time.

I [...] just wonder if they could do the same to real people.
[...] And we found [...] that room of dead teenagers.

I don't want to panic.
They're probably not real either. ~~But~~

It's hard to tell what's real and what isn't.

[Kyra]
Do you think the body that burned could've

Almost everything's guesswork at this point.
It's [...] frustrating.

~~Sometimes I can't even tell if we're making a difference and~~

[...] Very. But [...] putting your weapon in a Shadow feels real enough. We'll be back at it in a few days, regardless of where our present mystery stands.

~~Are you~~
And that's the most urgent thing, anyway.
Maybe we'll pick up more clues.

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[...] From your last exploration?

We know that Shadows are formed from negative emotions, and seek to devour the minds of humans. [...] To lock people up and keep them around for awhile, that feels [...] premeditated.

Yes.

And yes. That's true. I'm probably giving them a little too much foresight?
They don't seem the type to [...] save for later.
Not really.

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~~Did you~~ [...] I'm sorry.

Maybe. Maybe not. We've been meeting more and more Shadows that display signs of intelligence. [...] I'm worried about the two students from Haling High.