“You’re okay,” I told him. “You’re cool. Everything is okay.” “I quit.” “You’re okay. It’s shock.” “No. I’m done.” He waved his sword at me. “She swallowed me! I was inside her!” Ascanio cracked up, showing way too many hyena teeth. I gave him the look of death and he clamped his mouth shut. “I quit!” Holland threw his sword down. “Okay,” Derek said. “Look, be reasonable,” Ascanio said. “We’ve all been there. One time there was this hungry wendigo . . .” “Redundant,” Derek said. Ascanio rolled his eyes. “The point is, weird shit happened. Weird shit happens a lot. It’s traumatic. Look, she
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