I was not aware of that. I had thought their ordeal to have begun fairly recently.
[She does not sound offended. It was her mistake, though she won't outright say that at the moment.]
If they were not scattered, then you are right, they would have to be quite small and weak. [It's hard to make assumptions when you haven't seen the remains yourself. >:|
She is about to suggest again that they may have been left to drown, but then Nate says what he does. For a few seconds, there is only silence from her end of the line.
Then, quietly, like she is reining in the flurry of emotions she feels--] That is possible, yes.
The question still remains of whether they were placed there dead or still alive, but regardless, that is a valid supposition. We are dealing with cultures completely alien to us. We cannot rule out any possibility.
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[She does not sound offended. It was her mistake, though she won't outright say that at the moment.]
If they were not scattered, then you are right, they would have to be quite small and weak. [It's hard to make assumptions when you haven't seen the remains yourself. >:|
She is about to suggest again that they may have been left to drown, but then Nate says what he does. For a few seconds, there is only silence from her end of the line.
Then, quietly, like she is reining in the flurry of emotions she feels--] That is possible, yes.
The question still remains of whether they were placed there dead or still alive, but regardless, that is a valid supposition. We are dealing with cultures completely alien to us. We cannot rule out any possibility.