He closes his eyes, listening again, but this time pushing his range outward. "There are people here," he says, slowly. "West of us, by... the ferris wheel. But something's... wrong with their minds. It feels twisted, like --"
He doesn't need to finish that. Furthermore, he knows there's nothing left there to rescue, that whatever this entity has done to them is permanent. That makes it simpler in a way, although not actually any easier. Mercy kills are never easy.
Or else. Something in him shifts -- sharpens. It's hard to tell outwardly, his demeanor is generally the same no matter what, but inwardly, there is cold anger. He's reining it in as best he can, but there's something a little unhinged in his voice.
"Do you know where the bad man is now?" he asks Sabrina.
"I can show you," she volunteers.
Wolfgang does not want to involve her that directly, he would rather have her stay somewhere they could throw a ward around to keep her safe, but the feeling he gets just from being here is that there is nowhere in the park safe from the entity. If they keep her with them, at least they'll be there to defend her if whatever this is decides to attack her.
He gets up and moves towards the exit door, looking outside, but there's nothing there but darkness and abandoned attractions, so he turns back to look at Lea again. "Can you shield her?" He sounds a little frustrated, because that's something he used to be able to do -- it's how he got his friends through the Gauntlet with him -- but he can't anymore.
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He doesn't need to finish that. Furthermore, he knows there's nothing left there to rescue, that whatever this entity has done to them is permanent. That makes it simpler in a way, although not actually any easier. Mercy kills are never easy.
Or else. Something in him shifts -- sharpens. It's hard to tell outwardly, his demeanor is generally the same no matter what, but inwardly, there is cold anger. He's reining it in as best he can, but there's something a little unhinged in his voice.
"Do you know where the bad man is now?" he asks Sabrina.
"I can show you," she volunteers.
Wolfgang does not want to involve her that directly, he would rather have her stay somewhere they could throw a ward around to keep her safe, but the feeling he gets just from being here is that there is nowhere in the park safe from the entity. If they keep her with them, at least they'll be there to defend her if whatever this is decides to attack her.
He gets up and moves towards the exit door, looking outside, but there's nothing there but darkness and abandoned attractions, so he turns back to look at Lea again. "Can you shield her?" He sounds a little frustrated, because that's something he used to be able to do -- it's how he got his friends through the Gauntlet with him -- but he can't anymore.