"You haven't met any of the others yet?"

Kubo finished his approach through the fog faster, sighing with relief as he realized she was still her. Still the same frightening, unkind, complicated girl he knew, without additional monstrosity layered on top.

"This place changed Stephen. It turned him into a monster. He tried to convince me to become one, too."

He looked her up and down for changes. He saw none.

"Have you seen my mother?"

He could hope.