The young man reached them and collapsed at their feet. "I finally found someone else! I thought I would die without seeing anyone aside from those monsters! Haaaa… haaa… Uh, you two aren't monsters, right? I mean… you just… look scary, right?"
Rhodes turned to the young man. "We're humans like you. There's a chance that the desert expanded and connected everyone during my dive."
"Expanded?" The young man sat on the ground, raking his dusty hands through his shiny hair. "I don't know anything about that. The last place was some kind of slaughterhouse. When I opened the first door I could open in a lifetime, I was out here. I wanted to go back, but my slaughterhouse was gone! Have you seen the monsters? I haven't run into any of them since…"
"You spoke too soon." Rhodes frowned as lesser demons crept from the shadows again. They hid and blended into the rubble, but humans could see them. He straightened his back and walked to put both patients behind him. "Stay back. I will…"
