He'd never been one to close his eyes to the reality of a situation. It was real and trying to keep it from being so by holding his tounge would not make it any less so. They had done what they did with the very best of intentions but he, of all people, should have known better than to simply assume good intentions was enough to keep oneself from causing harm.
"Even have they filled it in it likely did little good," he admits. "It never occured to me to wonder before why whatever made it's home in that well let us go without even trying to hinder us. But now... now it strikes me that it likely did so because we were doing exactly what it wished for us to do."
To bring the boy out. If it had even truly been a boy that they'd found down there.
"But perhaps there will be some sign there of what exactly happened here." He says tensly, not liking the fact that this place is far too quiet considering what's taken place here. "Besides... we need to keep this from spreading. For now the people here have kept to this place but what will happen should they decide to leave it?"
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"Even have they filled it in it likely did little good," he admits. "It never occured to me to wonder before why whatever made it's home in that well let us go without even trying to hinder us. But now... now it strikes me that it likely did so because we were doing exactly what it wished for us to do."
To bring the boy out. If it had even truly been a boy that they'd found down there.
"But perhaps there will be some sign there of what exactly happened here." He says tensly, not liking the fact that this place is far too quiet considering what's taken place here. "Besides... we need to keep this from spreading. For now the people here have kept to this place but what will happen should they decide to leave it?"