"No! I'm not gonna tell you anything unless you tell me what the fuck just happened in that forest!"
"You know what happened. We've been attacked. That's it."
Howard and Gunnar were now inside a hotel, since the Bush House Museum had been opened for tour during the weekdays. Apparently, a bunch of middle schoolers will be having their field trip there, and so they had to settle in somewhere else.
It was still raining, but it was less oppressive than before.
"Attacked by what!? You know that thing! And it knows you…. You have history. And what does it mean by you being a dark knight?" Gunnar exclaimed.
Howard sighed. "It's not really important. The point is that I am looking for a way to stop the vampires, just like you. Just like everyone. I'm on your side. And if it weren't for me, we would have never escaped. If it weren't for—"
He stopped himself as his tone started to rise in desperation.