You might be taking this lockpicking thing a little too far. If, for whatever reason, Princess Mononoke and Amy Rose are hiding tools in… Less than savory places, then they’re welcome to do so. That’s just… You don’t even know what. There are no words.

Amy asks why you’re staring at her with such a strange look. Your face turns a little red, but you say you were just thinking about possibly using light against the shadows if you find them. Amy tells you that she was attacked in broad day light less than an hour before you showed up. Whatever attacked her didn’t seem to care about how bright it was. Or that she was flying.

You ask about possibly running through the snow to one of the larger buildings; the ones with roofs. Amy and Princess not only agree, they encourage the choice. This awning has no walls, and while there isn’t much wind in this frosty box-canyon, every tiny amount is like nails scraping across your skin.

The obvious choices are the building with the high roof, the long, box-shaped building, or the semi-circle… semi-oval… Whatever. The one with the curved side.

When you get to the part about possibly returning to the town below the mountain, the two share a strange forlorn look. They both say they can’t leave. They have to stay here until this is resolved.

You pause at this. You don’t understand. What could be so important that they’d risk their lives staying here over? But rather than argue, you ask if you could leave tonight and come back tomorrow with better supplies. They look between one another and agree to the idea, as long as nothing goes wrong, and as long as you come back.

The implication that you have to come back isn’t nearly as unsettling as the that other part.

“As long as nothing goes wrong.”