Clementine:
After dinner ended, the ringleaders told us they were going to take us to the side hostel.
The new dorm rooms were aligned in a straight row. Everyone stayed unusually quiet.
Joshua's betrayal cut deep because it had seemed like the only way for us to survive, yet he had dragged us into this with him.
Still, there was a small sense of enthusiasm left in us, a bit of hope that we might find a second chance later.
Maybe we could convince Joshua that hurting others just because he had been hurt was unreasonable.
We arrived at the side hostel. The dorms were built like small cabins with a single bedroom and a bathroom inside.
A wide road stretched between the two sides. It was a new setting for us, at least for now.
I did not believe that any of us were still under the influence of the shadow earth eater, though the others suggested Joshua might be. I doubted it.
