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You and Heather travel through the forest as the sun descends, and the night casts its hazy shadow over the land. Thunder rolls in the distance and flashes of orange pierce the growing darkness and light the black trail under foot. All around, fireflies dance through the trees and sparkle like stars. Though the day was long, you feel invigorated by the night air.

Back at the Cathedral, the group is ecstatic at your news of finding food in the woods. With the number of survivors in the Cathedral, you estimate adding an additional 6 days of food to storage.

Since you don't want to break the happy mood, you struggle with whether or not to tell the group that you found River and Starr dead in the woods. However, Heather blurts it out, so the two of you describe the macabre scene.