can't be more than seven or eight. small and frail-looking, he shivers in her arms.
is wailing, curling low to avoid the screamer's claws.
come on!!!
the doorway! it's here!!!
is pulling back a manhole cover. blue light issues up from below. before alex can stop him, the boy disappears down the hole.
looks up at alex, frightened.
stands before her. he grins and his eyes pulse with an internal light. we can hear him breathing now, just like before. just like the game.
stares directly at us, eyes glowing like nuclear reactors. and inside those eyes we see the swirling fractals. he grins, flashing a mouthful of perfectly white teeth.