Ravi clicked the headlights back on to illuminate the outskirts of the abandoned mine, and then turned back to flash Alex a 'there you go' sort of look. There was no one out there. It was just the five of them and the car. Alex's request didn't seem like something they needed to worry about.

Then he turned back to Kotetsu, regaining a sense of direness in the process. "Go," Ravi urged him. "I don't want the snakes to catch up to us here."