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((OOC: Zell may show messages to Jim Hawkins. If you do not want Jim to see/know, then please let me know.))

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[ He manages to keep busy by watching his partner while lockdown ticks down. He does feel some apprehension as the silence from his tablet drags on. His chest feels heavier as time drags on much more slower during the wait.

Then the tell-tale ding hits.

He's perplexed that it's now switched over to audio. Lifting the tablet up to his ear as he play the message.

Zell feels cold as he hears it and everything around him as stopped. He plays the message again before dropping everything to check his bag. The very bag that felt differently, but he didn't really pay it any mind. He thought maybe Kunsel dug tools out or switched up gear on him and he'd check later when they were all safe. Or maybe Mochi and Morph messed up his pack.

He never thought it was the tent. And once he's holding it, he's showing Jim. Repeating the message for Jim.

He can't work past the lump of emotions that are trying claw their way out. He tries. He fights against the fear and cold to try to return the message, but he can't. Leaning against the solid weight of Jim and taking a moment to fall apart. A moment to let the situation weigh heavily and the what ifs and should have happened come out.

They weren't supposed to have the tents. ]