Cole sighed, pushing forward despite how much he didn't want to do this. "There's something... about this building. I know it doesn't make much sense, but I've tried. A lot of us have. The police can't help us." He didn't even understand it himself, but there was just something wrong. There had been no follow-up questions, no leads, nothing. In any other situation this never would have happened, but they were all representations of fables living under the same roof. Normal was a word that really didn't apply anymore.
"It's okay," he said immediately, not wanting her to feel even a shred of the guilt he did. She didn't deserve to have to carry something like that around. "No one is going to let Aaron's death go unpunished, I promise you that." It was one promise he could actually keep, since Micah had proved helpful, and he was sure even Shane would help if asked.
He looked down, wanting to avoid Madison's last question entirely. On the one hand, telling her the truth might be traumatizing and then he'd be at fault if she couldn't handle it; but if he lied, and she happened to meet skeleton-Aaron in the hallways, wouldn't it be even worse if she was unprepared? "There's... something else. I wish I didn't have to say this, and it's going to be really hard to hear, but you need to know." Cole rubbed a hand across his face before lifting his gaze. "We can't bury him. He... his fable is The Willful Child, and because of it, he comes back on the full moon. As in... back to life."