Right, your venture. I couldn't fathom tacking on that kind of extension so early on.

[ MAYBE IF IT WAS LATER IN THE GAME IT'D BE SORT OF A BREAK BUT SO EARLY... ]

That does feel like forever ago, doesn't it? When we still had these numbers regularly without us appearing as... ghosts, more or less.

[ it fucked poor pickles up so bad... ]

Right? This was such a huge group at the start! Remember all of us crammed in the cabin that first Thursday? And now the total number of people alive across the whole village is only like, what, four more than that?

[ and the final number will be less than half that!!! ]

I do. I recall us trying to step over Karlach and all.

[ Christ. That really feels like such forever ago. ]

...Well, we're out... here, if that helps any. The old adage, "not all is lost", or something.