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"We're not going anywhere, Emma."

Emma looks up at you again, mouth slightly open. Her mouth trembles as she speaks.

"Do you really think they want us here?" She screams. "Everyone else knows each other; they have a history. We're outsiders, and after the food runs out and supplies run out, we're the expendable ones. I see how Tom looks at us, how he treats us. come? Whether we live or die means nothing to him."

You sit on the edge of the bed. Emma turns and looks out the window.

"We're here and it's safe for now. But as soon as we get a chance, we need to go. Until then, we're guests in this prison."

You get up out of bed and...