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<h1>Welcome Home</h1>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">I smell fire.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Yup, we're almost there.</span><br />
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Annie is slightly confused by his answer and how seemingly unfazed he is.
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<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Don't you want to do something about
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it?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Gonna guess that's our campfire –
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nothing to worry about.</span><br />
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<span class="comment">response?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie and Jack walk over a <span class="comment">crest? ridge?</span>,
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revealing a view of the small valley beyond.
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<span class="comment">Is there a distinct word for a terrain feature
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like a very small valley?</span><br />
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The bunker is set into the mountain on the other side, the large open
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door visible from afar. There is a small cleared space between it and
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the road, surrounded by bushes. Someone is sitting there, next to
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a fire.<br />
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<span class="comment">lay of the land info (for Jack opening the door
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scene): from their current PoV, there is a road below them, coming from
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the right, crossing the the valley over a bridge, and turning back
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to the right where it passes the bunker and continues around the other
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mountain</span><br />
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They start making their way down to the road.<br />
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Jack takes a radio off his belt and speaks into it:
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<span class="comment">research todo: radio protocol</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Michelle, we're just entering the
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valley.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">We? Someone came along?</span><br />
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<span class="comment">wording? translate: mitgekommen</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Annie.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I see. Am cooking – any food allergies
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or other dietary restrictions I should watch out for?</span><br />
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Annie shakes her head.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">She says no.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Okay, see you in a bit.</span><br />
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Jack puts the radio away and the two continue downwards.
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</p>
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<p>
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It takes them a while to get to the road. The pavement is cracked with
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plants growing out of it. Ahead of them is a bridge over a small river.
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They cross it about half-way where Annie stops and turns to the railing.
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She almost leans against it, before the thought
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<span class="quote non-speech">What if it breaks?</span> shoots into her
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head. She grabs on to it and shakes ... herself. The railing stands firm.
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<br />
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<span class="comment">At some point soon-ish after this, Annie will try
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this and the floor under her will give out. From then on, she will be
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afraid of going too close to railings / edges.</span><br />
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Jack joins her looking down at the small river below and says:
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<span class="quote speech">Learning quickly, huh?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech"></span>
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<span class="comment">What she got to say? What she seeing?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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After a moment, they continue along the road. It makes a sharp turn to
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the right into a slight incline along the hillside. They walk for a few
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more minutes and reach the bunker. As they approach, the person they saw
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earlier – presumably Michelle – comes out of the bunker and
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adds some ingredients to a pot on a tripod over the flames.
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<span class="comment">Is there a word for these metal rings with three
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legs?</span>
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Jack introduces the two to each other – it <i>is</i> Michelle.
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<span class="quote speech">So you join us out here after all?</span>
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<span class="quote speech">Yeah, things kinda went south quickly.</span>
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</br />
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<span class="quote speech">Well then, welcome to your new home for the
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time being.</span>
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They all sit down around the fire and Annie recounts the events of the
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recent past while the meal continues cooking.
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</p>
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<p>
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The ensuing conversation is interrupted by a noise in the bushes.
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Michelle tilts her head, then turns around.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Is that a dog? There's a dog here!</span>
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A medium-sized, brown dog runs out, sniffs them all, barks and then runs
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off on the road, disappearing around a <span class="comment">translate:
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Felsvorsprung</span>. A moment later, it comes back, followed by a guy
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wearing a long, dark green coat that has been patched a few times.
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He is wearing a backpack and holds a long staff, using it as a
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<span class="comment">Wanderstab? Cane?</span>.
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</p>
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<p>
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The stranger says: <span class="quote speech">Good evening!</span><br />
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They greet him back and Michelle and Jack invite him to join them around
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the fire.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Gladly.</span> He comes closer.
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<span class="quote speech">I'm James, the green wizard of
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Siren's Edge.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Michelle, time traveling witch. Show us some
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of your magic, wizard.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Well, unfortunately, my staff is broken.</span>
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<br />
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He swings it around and makes some funny noises.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">See? Not working.</span><br />
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They all have a laugh and Annie and Jack introduce themselves in a more
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normal manner.<br />
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Michelle asks:
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<span class="quote speech">What leads you to the area?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I am searching for...    Dora!
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C'mere, sit!</span><br />
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The dog stops sniffing the pot over the fire and returns to James.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">As I was saying, I am looking for pictures
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from the old world like this one...</span><br />
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He shows an old, crumpled photo that, while faded and discolored, still
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clearly depicts a nebula and some stars.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">... and maybe the means to take them.
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I heard there is a quite well-preserved observatory near
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Sentinel Shores.</span><br />
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<span class="comment">This is a new lead for Michelle and Jack.</span>
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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Michelle takes the pot off the fire and Jack gets dishes from inside
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the bunker.<br />
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(Some of) The food is unfamiliar to Annie.<br />
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While eating, they discuss their mission.
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</p>
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