So keep your manner." It is an inane thing to say but I want to keep her calm before she has another melt down here in the tunnels."So you know our na...es." I say, trying to make conversation. "I am Nosis, this is Alys and the one with the temper is Diana." "What are your names?" I'm Elmer." Says the man with the light. He seems to be interested in us. "That there is Bernard." The light waves around as he tries to point behind us. "You is in the kingdom of the Tunnelers. That is us alright.". James kept it simple, told the exact truth right up until the event, then told the same story he had told his parents.Someone from the government questioned him too. He was from the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control, and his questions focused on what he had seen, smelled, felt. He seemed to think that it was something they ingested. It turned out that the three boys had also had dinner at the food court, and the CDC man took down a list of everything James and the girls ate and. "Besides, you need to get out of the house more often. You're always here looking after me. So, go! I mean it. Do your errands, and take some time for yourself, too. Your such a good husband. Thoughtful. Caring. Loving. But you need some time for yourself!"I leaned over her again and kissed her on the forehead, as well as the lips. As I stood up, she gave me that weak smile again. I hated seeing her reduced to a bed. She'd come down with MS three years earlier, and at first it didn't seem to. ” The serpent removed its gaze, disgusted.“I'm I dead?” The creature replied with a short burst of laughter, avoiding the question.“Let's hurry this along.” The creature's body coiled behind the young man, sending a shiver up his spine, as it passed in between his legs. “No, not dead. Sadly. Would be far easier if you were.” It paused. “My name is Crimson if it wasn’t obvious I am a demon.” As snakes tend to do, it began to wrap itself around their prey, slithering up Random's back and rested.