"Oh, yeah, that... Yeah. Smart." Edwin was still gathering his thoughts on the news. He still woke up from nightmares where Simms loomed over him, where he was helpless as the man killed him. They both still spent time comforting each other when the memories crept into nightmares. The idea that Simms was alive wasn't horrifying in itself, but that They had kept him alive, and had sent Lila back to them with that message was. This was some new kind of fuckery.
"Did Lila say They were sending Simms back here?" he wondered, giving Oliver another squeeze as he continued to try to sort his thoughts on the matter. He spoke softly, feeling plenty of that unsteadiness that he saw in Oliver earlier, and trying to do his best to keep it together as his mind found new terrible things that this could become. "I mean, this is going to be bad even if he doesn't show up again, it's going to... Things have already been bad around here... God damn it. This is... This is a lot. It's just a lot."