Mabel, Episode 12, Asterion, in which our protagonists remember their history.

The Hi, you've reached Mabel Martin. I'm not here to take your call right now, so please leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks. I know it's late.

I hope you're...

I hope I didn't...

I had a nightmare.

I was back in the dark with you and...

I was glad to see you.

I was so glad to see you again.

And at the same time, I was horrified.

I couldn't be back there. I couldn't. I'd gotten out.

Is this survivor's guilt? No, it's not because if it was, that would mean you hadn't survived.

It would mean you wouldn't survive, and that's not true.

I won't let it be true.

You said, come see what I found.

Every time I dream about you, you're leading me somewhere.

You're the girl with the thread, the girl in the labyrinth.

I don't know who that makes me.

The Minotaur? No, he's the Minotaur.

You took my hand and led me into a room, a cubby hole, really, a crawl space.

We had to squeeze inside on our hands and knees.

It was lit by.

The light was ghostly, greenish, like the bioluminescence of animals that have lived their whole lives without ever seeing the sun.

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