[ There's a few things he wants to poke at in what Claude says there but his brain literally trips over the words 'those who passed away'. It's enough to make him pale, swallowing convulsively and suddenly he regrets drinking or putting anything of substance in his stomach. ]
Wait. We're all... They're all dead?
[ The words come out a little choked because while he'd known that was a possibility after Gronder, in an abstract way, hearing it phrased like that is something else entirely.
Claude's being haunted by the rest of them as dead ghosts. Not just hallucinations. That dread that's been haunting him for days now of all he fears might come to pass... is what is actively stalking Claude, it seems. ]
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Wait. We're all... They're all dead?
[ The words come out a little choked because while he'd known that was a possibility after Gronder, in an abstract way, hearing it phrased like that is something else entirely.
Claude's being haunted by the rest of them as dead ghosts. Not just hallucinations. That dread that's been haunting him for days now of all he fears might come to pass... is what is actively stalking Claude, it seems. ]