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[hostage]

[The video's shaky when Jesse starts transmitting. He's at the baseball diamond and it's the middle of winter and he's shivering, dressed for a New Mexico summer in a hoodie that's barely thicker than the t-shirt he's wearing underneath it.]

I'm here.

[He's saying that to the NV, but his attention is away from the camera, directed to the road.]

Where's a goddamn taxi...

[He stops walking for a second and raises the NV so he can talk to it properly.]

I'm here. I'm okay. How long's it been? What year is it?

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[reassures]

Are you alright?

You don't look very good.

[hostage]

Yeah, it's just... the Pull thing. A little sick.

[reassures]

Right.

Is Lisbeth coming to get you?

[hostage]

Yeah.

[reassures]

Good.

Make sure you apologize to her.

[hostage]

Okay.

[reassures]

[Nill isn't sure what else to say. All of these reappearances lately make no sense to her. She stares at her NV for a minute before just setting it aside and not bothering with more.]