Summary

The biologist and the surveyor wake in the morning to find that the anthropologist has left in the middle of the night. The psychologist is limping and favoring her ribs, and her boots are caked in mud. She tells them that the anthropologist was so upset by what she saw in the tower the day before that she decided that she needed to leave the expedition, that she would be a hindrance to the mission. The psychologist tells everyone that the anthropologist will be waiting for extraction at the meeting point.

The surveyor notes that the anthropologist has left without all of her gear, or her gun. The psychologist says that the anthropologist left those for them to use, so that we would have more resources for the continued mission. It is clear to the biologist that if they were to go and...