Re: in-person, silent hill: neil & mere.
[Maybe it was good that she couldn't see the way he couldn't look at her, that beneath her fingertips he was nothing but brave at that moment, there to help her out of the mess she had fallen in yet again.
Guilt clawed at her, though, when he said who had come, her brow furrowing with anxiety and pain in equal mix as they picked their way across the floor towards the doorway and hall beyond.] I just- I hope none of them got hurt. Got hurt because of me. I don't want anyone to be hurt... [She trailed off, fingers digging in a little bit harder. She could hear something in his words, that quiet voice that had gone unusually hoarse, and Meredith managed to give his arm a pat in response, trying to be reassuring in the face of all that was happening.]
Then let's get out of here. Home. New York. Wherever. [Where didn't matter, but getting their quickly did. Her head felt funny, empty and light, and moving in the darkness only seemed to make it worse.] Where- where are we meeting? Meeting the rest of them?