between then and know

[intricate_engineer]

It was a trap.
Glen should have seen it coming, but she'd thought the offer might be genuine. Wasn't the possibility of immortality worth the risk?
Well, not this time.
Her pendant, her way out, was broken.
She tried to use it anyway.

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[intricate_engineer]

She isn't getting this.
She doesn't have the context or she's coming at it from the wrong direction or she's missed something important.
Whatever the reason, she isn't making progress and she doesn't have any time she can afford to waste.

She heads back inside the hill.
She's starving. It isn't making it hard to think, not yet, and she won't be in any danger until her food pills run out. Still...
What are the chances of someone rescuing her?
Alex would try, but he doesn't have the necessary skills to find her.
He might not even realize she's gone.
Some of her peers may be able to help, but they won't have all the necessary info and they might not be motivated enough to find her without it.

There's no food in the ocean. If there's no food in the ocean, there might not be food anywhere.
She doesn't know. She hasn't seen the entire planet. Maybe this is just one lifeless patch.
But if it is, she has no idea which direction to go in. She could easily end up heading deeper into the desert.

She sits down on the floor, staring at the broken chest and the strange tools.
"Who were you? Where did you go?" Glen whispers, picking up one of the objects she doesn't recognize.