The voice is the last one R had expected to hear in the dark, above him while he was trying to crawl his way out of a hole in the ground that had no right being there. R groaned in surprise. Oh Jesus. This was awkward. What did he even feel right now? This was the guy Wyatt and Howard both seemed to have a hate-on for, the same one who'd seemed so cool with his charming pearly smile and the way he'd accepted a zombie playing at being a boy. Could Aunamee really have done those things? Could he ever give a "why" that makes sense?

R's face turns blindly toward where he heard Aunamee's. He feels instead of sees something - the toe of a shoe, probably - brushing aside his hand when he gets a hold of the edge of the pit.

"A-rena," R said. Are they still friends? Does Aunamee still think they are? What is this connection between them now? "Have....ques...ques-tions."

Bad timing or worse timing?