<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4040FF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Alice Green</span><br/><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: 116%;">'The Huntress'</span></span></div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">Alice allowed Peter to pull her closer, closing her eyes for a few seconds. She hated the feeling of being weak and helpless that had washed over her. But at the same time, she knew Peter, of all people, understood. And that he wouldn't judge her for that moment of weakness.<br/><br/>Alice waited for Peter to finish speaking. All those experiences in such a short time were already shaking her to the core. But her core was too hard to be shattered as easily. Maybe that experience would crack her shell a little more.<br/><br/><span style="color: #4040FF">"I know I will see Ben in each body I see, as well. And I know that people will die here, while we try to help."</span> Alice sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. <span style="color: #4040FF">"But if that's all we are getting, there is no need for me to be here. If there is one miner breathing, I will be here busting my ass, Pete. You have my word. And I will hang in there until it's done and over with. And then I may break down."</span><br/><br/>Alice explained herself before Peter thought she didn't know what she was talking about. <span style="color: #4040FF">"The first time I had to work an emergency team... it was a school shooting. A nightmare scene, all those kids... you can imagine. The few who were alive didn't last long. There was nothing we could do for them. But I stayed there, up to the end. And couldn't get out of bed with a terrible fever the next few days. I think the same will happen around here. You don't need to worry, if it does. I'll bounce back, eventually."</span><br/><br/>Peter's words about facing his demons made Alice rub her hands on his back slowly. <span style="color: #4040FF">"I'm glad you are not going down there this time, then. I think only one of us should have to face their demons at once."</span><br/><br/>Alice had no intention to back down now. She had promised to be there, and there she would be. She just hoped the aftermath wouldn't be too bad.<br/><br/><span style="color: #4040FF">"Come on, let's rest a little"</span>, she murmured, stepping back and tugging on Peter's hand. Alice wouldn't say another word until they were settled in Peter's room and she had gotten him to lay down, letting his head rest on her lap. Only  then, with her fingers running through his hair, she spoke again. <span style="color: #4040FF">"I have never been so confused in my life. I... came here with a handful of certainties, about everything. About the MP, about you, even about me. And it feels like... it was all wrong, all of it."</span></div>