[You don't have to imagine, Alex. She'll tell you, because she is making the best decisions right now.]

It wouldn't just have been Silent Hill. Not if it turned out like they thought it would. It was supposed to cleanse the world with fire, wipe out all the unbelievers and everything we've done to fuck the place up so Paradise could take its place. 'course, it probably wouldn't have gone how they thought. You look at the paintings in the churches and all the pictures of god, she's like... this beautiful girl. Pretty red dress, this kind, sweet face. It wasn't like that at all. It was terrifying. I don't know if that's just because I made sure it wasn't born properly, but it's hard to imagine what I saw would have turned out okay if I hadn't taken a dose of demon Plan B in time.

[Okay, Mason, reel it in. The guy's been nice enough to hear you out, accept you for what you are, and tell you his own background in return. don't pay him back by scaring the bejeezus out of him.]

Dad was all the home I ever needed. No matter where we were, he made sure we had our little traditions. Like we always sat down to dinner together, even if it was just takeout in a crappy motel.

Maybe... I don't know, maybe this is weird. But we're all here, and... maybe we could be that for each other.