I shouldn't have let him go by himself. It was too dangerous. We all miss his optimism, and his comforting smile. He could always remind us of who we were before any of this happened. This is my (click-replace:"my")[our](click-replace:"our")[no ones] fault. The basement is freezing. The frost claws at already aching bones, aching from lack of rest(click-replace: "rest")[basic comfort]. We need food soon, but I've left him to die in the [[cold ->The basement]]Young Andrew wittles at a piece of scrap wood. Perhaps giving him that knife was a bad decision, but at least he has something to save his mind from the test(click-replace: "test")[pain](click-replace: "pain")[numbness] of [[boredom ->No return]]Three days have passed, the hunger becomes us, but we need to move on. We gaze through the slats of the ventalation. No shadow broke the rays of dawn, he had not returned. We do not have the food we so desperatly hoped for, and it seems we (click-replace:"we")[I] need to move on without him.
[[Leave -> leave]]
[[Wait -> wait]]Few of us are likely to survive the journey, we will simply dissappear in the pale snow. We may be remembered though. We owe that to [[eachother->have]].This basement may become our grave. We only feel the cold now. We will not last long. [[Maybe he will come back. -> back]][[Maybe he will bring the supplies->supplies]]Most likely not though. I don't have his optimism. We remember the lives [[we used to have->have]].Just remembering.{
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