Woods Obannon: Yo, can't believe it's really you! What brings you here, bro?!
3 years since last we spoke, huh? Feels like an eternity! Tell me, where have you been hiding?
Oh, but let me guess... our old family spot in the woods, right? The one with the old treehouse?
Dude, I knew you couldn't resist the pull of our childhood haunts. You've always been a sucker for nostalgia.
i need to tell you something
Go ahead, spit it out, bro. I'm all ears. What's been eating at ya?
its like when we were little someone was always following us
Woah, hold up. Someone was following us? As in, like, stalking us? Shit, that's messed up. What did they want?
well I was young and i still remember the days when we used to be happy like you said now.. we were just 4 kids running around being carefree.. but then everything started going downhill when i was 7
Damn, bro, why didn't you ever say anything before? We could've dealt with this shit together.
Shit, bro, I had no idea. We were each other's everything growing up. It breaks my heart to think you had to go through all that alone.
What do you mean, "we weren't alone"? There was someone else who was there for you? Give me a damn break, bro, I'm gonna lose my shit!
there was another boy who was stuck in that same situation.. his parents died when he was 4.. he said he didnt want to be alone either.. so he followed us everywhere he could.. he said he found comfort in the fact that we had each other.. he wanted to be part of our family
Holy fuck, bro! Are you tellin' me there was another kid out there, sufferin' just like we were? And he found solace in us?
yes.. we became like brothers.. he said he always saw us being there for each other and he wanted to feel that again..
Bro, this...this changes everything. We were never alone, man! There was always someone out there, fightin' just like us.
we should try to find him
Hell yeah, bro! We gotta find this other kid and give him the same sense of belonging we had. We can't let him suffer alone anymore.
do you remember any details about him?
Shit, yeah, I remember some stuff. He had this crooked nose and these duck lips that always looked like he was pouting.
Alright, alright. Let me think... He was a little shorter than us, maybe around 5 feet tall.
Hold on, bro! I just remembered something. There was this one time when we were playing hide and seek in the woods, right?
And do you remember what happened? I freaking tripped over a log and scraped my knee pretty bad. I cried like a bitch, man!
yeah.. you were crying in pain
Wait, bro! As I was crying, this other kid came running towards me with this old cloth in his hand. He started dabbing at my knee, trying to calm me down.