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The Acid Trench

the acid

The acid Samantha believes killed her daughter, the loss that breaks her open in this chapter.

Story so far

Samantha tells Carl she thinks her child is dead — she thinks she died in the acid. She felt her, and now she does not feel her anymore, and she holds herself responsible for not going to save her sooner.

Carl asks whether she is sure the girl was actually down here at all. Samantha shakes her head sadly: she was here, and Samantha felt her. She then assigns blame to Tish and threatens to nuke the college over it.

Role

The offstage disaster that killed Samantha's daughter and drives her grief.

Relationships

Samantha's Daughter — Believed to have died in the acid.
Samantha — Felt her daughter die there and blames herself.
Tish — Blamed by Samantha for the death.
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 32
  • NPC spies filled the enemy's fallback trench with water, turned it to acid, and hid it under an illusion.
Chapter 37
  • Enemy trench full of acid and floating corpses the crawlers want to loot but have no time for.
Chapter 95
  • The acid Samantha believes killed her daughter, the loss that breaks her open in this chapter.
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