Clair plops down in the front of the sub staring out at the luminous cave and then looking down at the audio logs, she sees the entire system is destroyed and she sighs. She wipes the tears from her face and opens her journal drawing the Crystafish and fake seaweed in her journal making brief notes and closing it again. She feels a certain comfort knowing she has physical proof of what she's seeing. She sighs and continues to stare absent-mindedly into the inviting glow of the cave and eventually, she hears heavy footsteps behind her and turns around to see Boran. He smiles and rubs his eyes.

"Hey Clair, I can take over from here Kit isn't waking up anytime soon and you've been out here for four hours." Boran places his hand on her shoulder and smiles.

Clair didn't realize how long she spent out here but she wasn't in any mood to debate so she just nods and walks away,

"Goodnight Boran." She says sluggishly and walks to her room.

Boran chuckles and brews some coffee then sits down and looks out at the luminous cave smiling and humming a tune to himself, suddenly he hears a clatter of metal behind him and squints his eyes, seeing a metal ladle. He stands up and picks it up wondering how it got there.

"What the hell are you doing with that boy!" a voice yells to him and he snaps his head to the side and his eyes go wide,

"Mother?" he steps back slowly and she grabs it forcefully from his hands and raises it above her head.

"You remember what I told you, boy, If you misbehave you have to be punished," she says sternly.

"Wait, Mom!" Boran yells realizing that somehow he's now a little kid almost like he was transformed.

She brings the ladle down and just as he's about to get hit, he suddenly awakens panting heavily. Standing up from his chair and picking up his coffee noticing it's empty, he raises his eyebrow and sighs.

"Strange, I don't know how I feel asleep." He grumbles, walks over to the pot, pouring another cup, and walks back to his seat, setting down the cup of coffee and sitting down with a grunt and sigh. He looks over to the clock and sees only an hour has passed and he lets out an exasperated sigh he notices the Bioluminescence life flicker and he sits up trying to make out any shapes but for a few minutes, nothing happens so he shrugs and picks up his coffee, noticing it's empty.

"What the-" Boran stares in shock, this time he knows he didn't drink all his coffee. He sets his mug down and looks around, he notices Clair in the hallway staring into the darkness and walks over to her.

"Clair did you drink-" he approaches her and she walks away disappearing into the darkness, he stands at the edge of the shadows and slowly steps forward. The lights in the hallway flicker on and off and he sees Kit on the ground their throat gushing blood, he runs to their side crouching down and holding them in his arms,

"Kit! What the hell happened?" he shouts, shaking them. They turn to him and smile before speaking.

"Gotcha..."

Boran instantly recognizes this voice as The Stranger and backs away dropping the false Kit on the floor, they stand back up and slowly walk towards Boran.

"What's wrong big guy? Afraid of something? Or someone maybe?" Its form shifts into that of his mother and The Stranger laughs in his mother's voice.

"Is this who you're scared of? Oh, give me a break you cannot be serious!" It laughs in a mix of their own voice and Boran's mother's voice.

"Leave me alone....demon." Boran backs up and studders out.

"Demon? That's not a nice thing to call your mother now is it?" It mocks him and approaches.

"You're not my mother!" He yells and swings hitting it right in the jaw, it yelps in pain and Boran slowly feels a tug and a voice.

"Boran! Boran! Stop!"

He shakes his head, and a fog clears his head. He sees Clair crying and tugging at his arm and Kit laying on the floor holding their jaw and looking up at him horrified.

"Kit?" Boran looks down at them and turns to Clair.

"What just happened?" he asks them.

"You lost your mind! Started screaming and then punched the shit out of me asshole!" Kit yells and stands up.

"I...I saw The Stranger...It took the form of my mother and I thought.." Boran trails off and sits down, looking over at the coffee realizing he didn't even brew it yet.

"What is this thing...How can it do all of this?" Clair asks

"I'm beginning to think you're right Kit," Boran says rubbing his eyes

"Right about what?" Kit says rubbing their jaw

"This thing is the devil." Boran states.