Even Diego and Kirill are quiet after you say it, which makes you nervous.
"What? You disagree?" you ask.
"It's just that we don't really know that much about it, do we?" Anuja says as she turns around in the passenger seat to face you. "We only know more ways in which its capable of hurting people. We don't know if it has weaknesses, or if it can be negotiated with."
"It didn't exactly give me a chance to interview it," you say, maybe a little defensively.
"If we knew more, I'd feel more confident about taking a supernatural approach," Diego says. "Hell, maybe we should anyway. But it's hard to feel like we could really take it down knowing as little as we do. I get a bad feeling in my gut when I think about how it could go."
That frightens you more than you think it should. If Diego can't even get onboard with this idea, then what kind of position are you in?
"Maybe we should think of alternatives," Kirill says. "Just so we know our options."
"It's so late, are we really trying to come up with a plan right now?" Addy asks. You can see in the rear view mirror that their eyes are puffy from exhaustion.
There's a tired pause as everyone assesses their energy levels. In the quiet, the buzzing of your phone makes you jump. It's probably just your mom calling to ask where the hell you are even though you told her you'd be out late, but you can't help but be a little jumpy while driving around town at night.
You flip your phone over. The caller is listed as Rex Keller.
"Oh god," you say involuntarily.
"What?" Addy asks.
"It's Rex again!" Diego says. "Hurry up, answer it!"
"No! Don't!" Addy says, stopping at a stop sign and turning around. "There is no way answering that does anything other than get us in more trouble. We don't know who's behind these calls."
"At worst, it wastes a few minutes of our time," Kirill says. "At best, we learn something useful. We can't afford to turn down a chance to learn more."
You look to Anuja to see if she has an opinion to add to the mix.
She shrugs. "It's up to you."
The phone continues to buzz in your hand.