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[lonelynotforsaken]

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Hi, everyone!
Jet and I made it past all of the rivers on the west/northwest side of the island.
We took a few detours and I've been moving kind of slowly.
So, I think someone could reasonably make the journey in about four days.
We could shorten it if we can put some nice sturdy logs down across the river branches near the hotel.
I think that could really help in making it easier to get down to the base from this side of the island.

No animal attacks! :)
But we might have just got lucky.
We did hear some weird stuff going on the day before yesterday, though.
Did anyone else hear a sort of rhythmic thrumming?
I wasn't sure if it was just over by us.

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[aluminumandash]

I did. [ He says, just to be ornery. ]

wasnt banking on it long term. like i said, thought hed hang on long enough to keep the other motherfucker on my tail occupied. wanted them distracting each other.

[lonelynotforsaken]

Were your knees broken, making it impossible to walk?

[It's a colder response than he means it to be, but he's not amused by the sass from the detective at the moment. Or his idea of 'solutions.']

I'm glad you survived, Cohle.
But what you did was horrible.

[aluminumandash]

[ There's a slight pause—only as he considers the question. Lets it lie. ]

aint denying that. [ He thinks of saying he didn't do it lightly, but the truth is, for all it weighs on him—what he's done and what he's capable of—he knows he did it lighter than most. ]

[lonelynotforsaken]

Good.
I assume you'd like me to keep this to myself?
At least until Ben turns up again and tells people what you did.

[aluminumandash]

there people you think oughta know?

[lonelynotforsaken]

Generally or specifically?
The fact you're willing to do something like that seems kind of relevant to people.
I'm not saying I think you're going to go off breaking kneecaps because that's silly.
You had reasons for what you did.
But being the sort of person who would says a lot about your character.
I think people would probably interact with you differently and trust you less if they knew you would do that, if pressed.

[aluminumandash]

i should hope so martin

specifically. [ Specifically he's thinking of Maddy. People like her, with her fear, her incoherent anger. Her ex she's still handing out chances to. ]

[lonelynotforsaken]

Randvi, K, Jet, and Steph as some of the most responsible people here that others look to for help.
And they're mostly level-headed.
They should know.

[And they're practical people. He doesn't think they'll scream at Rust for what he's done. Or at least not ice him out.]

[aluminumandash]

meant a personal need. [ Those names read to Rust like a list of people Martin would trust to watch his dog. ]

cant have people coming after me. not to help, not for any reason. [ K'd been offering to hike out to the cabin even with Salamanca in the picture, and Steph ignored his last request not to track him down. ] randvis ok. only tell jet if youre sure hell stay put.

[lonelynotforsaken]

I won't tell.
But you should, Cohle.
And you should also get out of the Hunter's territory if you're still in it.
Just get out of the jungle, honestly.
Nothing good's happened to anyone in there.

[aluminumandash]

never wanted to be here

[lonelynotforsaken]

Good.
Let me know when you're out.