[He has no idea where they stand either, so at least they can be equally awkward and confused with one another.]
It's not dead.
[That's not really the right thing to say to someone smiling and trying to make a connection, but it's so much easier to focus on the plant thing than it is the mess of whatever is in their shared past.]
Stunned. We need to take out the centre.
[He says it with the quiet authority of someone who's fought one of these before. He makes his bed out here most of the time, moves around a lot, so he's had to deal with more than his fair share of monsters.]
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It's not dead.
[That's not really the right thing to say to someone smiling and trying to make a connection, but it's so much easier to focus on the plant thing than it is the mess of whatever is in their shared past.]
Stunned. We need to take out the centre.
[He says it with the quiet authority of someone who's fought one of these before. He makes his bed out here most of the time, moves around a lot, so he's had to deal with more than his fair share of monsters.]