"I hope you're right. There are a lot of possibilities -- especially with the bridges having been washed away. Who knows where people could have wound up stuck." It didn't necessarily explain why they hadn't checked in on the tablet in the past several days -- but those were easy to lose as well. Jason was troubled, but he'd had to accept hard truths like losses of people before -- you had to spend your focus on those that WERE still around and needed help.

Jason considers that assessment and shrugs, "I would argue that the potential for death was always there and our ability to leave the Invincible is nice...but we ARE still stuck here in Beacon. I'm not sure all that much has changed except it will be a bit drier now."