[Once it becomes clear that something is wrong with this month's arrivals, Marco is quick to put two and two together. He usually is. And while he's made an effort, in the past few years, to slow down - to ensure he doesn't become irrevocably convinced that two and two equals five - he doesn't allow himself to do so this time.
Fiddleford said he was going to do something. He didn't tell him what exactly, or when, for obvious reasons. As a show of good faith, Marco promised he wouldn't warn Elias ahead of time, and now he's kicking himself for it because something has clearly happened, it's like the portal but in reverse, phantoms only barely able to communicate because maybe Elias is hanging in there, Marco's mind is racing--
He rushes into the room where Elias's body rests.]
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Fiddleford said he was going to do something. He didn't tell him what exactly, or when, for obvious reasons. As a show of good faith, Marco promised he wouldn't warn Elias ahead of time, and now he's kicking himself for it because something has clearly happened, it's like the portal but in reverse, phantoms only barely able to communicate because maybe Elias is hanging in there, Marco's mind is racing--
He rushes into the room where Elias's body rests.]
Elias? Elias!