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[Chris is at the bar today, looking like he's more interested in having a nap than making a broadcast. But he has a large coffee, at least, and manages a smile for the camera at the video starts.]

Hey. It's uh, been a little weird around here lately, huh?

[What with people arriving in two waves at completely the wrong time and all. But at least there's been some good snacks, even if Chris carefully avoided Delight's energy shots.]

Um, this has nothing to do with any of that, but I was uh... Hoping someone would be willing to like, talk about making a deal to trade for some bullets or something. I kind of ran through what I had during the whole zombie incident.

[Or well, most of them; he'd used the last one later on during the Confusion event, but those are unnecessary details.]

So uh... Yeah. That's about it.

[Have an awkward, dorky wave before he disconnects.]

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Well, um, my healing power wore off, so...

[So he's not really a healer anymore, which sucks. He didn't use the power much, but when he did need it he was really glad he had it.]

And I guess I don't really... Hunt monsters, either. At least not more than I have to.

That is unfortunate.

[ A pause. ]

Then the bullets are for?

[ Surely not fellow cave dwelling humans. He doesn't seem the type to murder in cold blood. ]

Yeah.

[He's actually considering talking to Hope about figuring out some deal, but that's a future endeavour.]

For um, when we can't avoid whatever's getting thrown at us. Like the zombie mess, or the time with the yetis.

[Or, much more distressingly, things like the event where Rage made people try to murder each other and he'd had to shoot someone--fortunately non-fatally--in self-defense.]

[ Right. Not everyone has super human strength, Armand. ]

I suppose those situations are unavoidable.

[ Perhaps he should learn to wield a weapon as well. If he met an armoured something he would be screwed. ]

Where did you learn such a skill?

[He hesitates a moment at the question, not because it's any secret at this point, but even after a year what happened on the mountain is a bit difficult to talk about.]

T-The um, night before I got here, my friends and I were on this mountain, and it uh... T-There were monsters. I-I kind of just picked it up how to shoot while that was going on.

[And fortunately he was a naturally good shot, or he wouldn't be here.]

[ Unfortunately, Armand is not good at picking up people's emotions. He can tell something is upsetting Chris. Was it the question? ]

Monsters? Such as the ones that are here?

[ His world has no monsters. Not conventional ones, anyway. ]

Sort of.

[Again he's quiet a moment, though he's more certain when he continues; this part he's had to repeat many times by now.]

The monsters from my world are um... Actually here, too. They're these things called wendigos, and they're spirits that possess people that engage in cannibalism and turn them into monsters. They're really strong and really fast, but they can only see movement.

[ Ahh. It was the monsters that was distressing. ]

So, you've encountered these things before. That must have been harrowing.

[ That's probably one word for it. ]

But you must be skilled if you survived them. That is a rare talent.

[ That's a compliment. He swears. ]

It um... Wasn't great, yeah.

[Harrowing's actually a decent word; he'll just keep that one in mind. He gives a small shrug at the compliment, not really sure it's deserved.]

Maybe. I also got really lucky, I think.

[All of them did.]

Luck is a powerful force.

Have you sought revenge against these wendigos since?

Yeah, it is.

There um... I don't think there were any left back at home.

[He's pretty sure they killed them all, or at least most of them, in the combination of Mike's exploration of the Sanatarium and Sam's blowing up of the Lodge. In Hadriel it's kind of a complicated story but there are no active wendigo left either, but even if there were Chris can't say revenge would be the right word for anything he'd consider doing.]

I'm um, good if I just... Never have to deal with one again, I guess.

If you do, you will have many friends that you can rely on. I do not think you'll be in harms way again.

[ Armand might be a little out of touch how it feels to be a perfectly normal human and having zombies and other monstrosities be a very real threat. Chris has probably been in harms way many times since coming here. ]

[He smiles a little at that, because even though he logically knew that--he has lots of friends here, and some of them even dealt with wendigos already--it's still a nice thing to hear.]

Yeah, that's true. Thanks.

[He gives a small laugh.]

At least, you know, the gods don't seem super big on repeats. Since we already had to handle them here, maybe we won't have to again.

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