His arm stayed up in front of her as Sam lifted his eyes up the hill to the menacing house on the hill. "Hell no." Sam had his feet planted and every nerve was on end. He got that this City was a seriously screwed up kind of place, and people that shouldn't exist were here, and worse (if Fred was to be believed) very bad things could happen to you here. Sam wasn't willing to gamble his life or anyone else's on Fred's assumption that The City would bring you back again; that was a little bit much to ask in one lifetime. "Bates? Norman Bates. As in Psycho Norman Bates?" He was trying to stay calm.