<div style="text-align: center">《 Anise and Armando 》<br/>
<i>Location: Abendblume gates; outside<br/>
Addressing: Rebel, others</i>​</div><br/><br/>Anise wiped her brow and gathered up her jacket. She hadn't needed it while they were digging, but had gotten chilly as the short 'funeral' was conducted. There had been so many deaths since all of it had began. It was the first funeral she'd been a part of. Mostly, people were just left behind. If they were lucky, they were put down before they turned. They hadn't been at Abendblume long enough to know how they had proceeded with things, but they did have a marked cemetery full of people she didn't know. She was glad Brian wasn't going to be a part of it, or worse, tossed in the pit they took the necros.<br/><br/>"I didn't think it would take Sou this long to pack.." Anise shared out loud, worried. She understood Sou was high maintenance, but surely she knew she could only carry so much. Hopefully she wasn't wasting time trying to stay. It was one thing to remain close, when they were burying Brian, but now everyone was antsy to move on.<br/><br/>"Heard them say she already left," someone answered, pointing towards Dan and Rebel.<br/><br/>"Sou left?" Armando hadn't gotten word on that. As far as he was aware, she was still one of the few remaining that were still at the resort.<br/><br/>Anise snorted a laugh, turning to stare at Rebel.<br/><br/>"She didn't have the courage to leave your sorry ass on her own, and it's a shame this is the push she needed. But, I'm<i>proud</i>of her," she said with a nod. Sou had shared some details of her past and present life with Anise. She thought she stayed with Rebel as a result of her family upbringing. She'd been conditioned to abuse, and so staying with a spouse-beating cop was all she thought she was worth. She understood now why she didn't wait for anyone, especially with Rebel's presence now, more or less hovering under the guise of helping. Anise looked to Rachel, remember their back and forth conversation from earlier.<br/><br/>"Are you looking for her? That's why you're helping us get to the campsite?" Anise asked Rebel, it making more sense now.<br/><br/>"By whose authorization?"  Armando asked. That was the first he'd heard of that as well. Were the outside patrol taking their own initiative on that?