("What's the tracking doodad saying, anything interesting or just, yep, this person sure is in the middle of the flaming frames of a building?")

"I think I might be closer if I'd gone around the other way, I'm trying to triangulate."

("This is really unusually hostile of it.")

"In a way that has implications for what it's going to be like in there?"

("I don't know. I try to hold my expectations lightly, thinking that Nightmare will definitely act one way or another is a recipe for being surprised, always negatively.")

The hallway in front of Jaeha suddenly grows a wall with a door blocking it off.

("—like this. I think the person inside might be moving, the building is starting to grow in my direction. Did anything happen where you are?")

"Nothing new over here. You think they're coming in your direction? Being herded by the fire or on their own?"

("I don't know. Probably—")

The hallway starts stretching out into a foyer of an apartment.

("—definitely coming this way.")

Jaeha takes a couple of steps back, tensing up. He does not like it when Nightmare does this kind of shit. It's never good.

"I'm like halfway around and so far it's just - no nevermind now it's doing something -"

("...it's doing something on your end, too? Why would—")

The building starts to grow faster. More walls, a bathroom, the upper floor. It starts to spread out to the sides, picking up speed as it goes.

("—no, this isn't the victim moving, there's no way they'd move this fast.") He starts jogging back, looking over his shoulder to make sure there's nothing waiting for him but trying to mostly keep an eye on the fire. ("What changed?")

"It's like it's trying to envelop me in the building, like the dream switched from being about fire to being about bad architecture. Though uh it's still very much on fire and absolutely pouring smoke, I'm gonna - fly faster."

("Envelop you? But—it shouldn't be able to see you—unless the victim—")

If he wants to steer clear of the growing geometry of this building, growing bigger than apartment buildings usually are, getting more and more floors, more and more apartments, more and more rooms, all towards him, Jaeha is going to have to start jogging. And then running. And then sprinting.

("Change of plans we leave now this is too dangerous, I'm running back, can you get to me?")

"It's getting taller and wider just a little faster than my flightspeed. I might have to go inside and walk through a few walls and the more I put it off the more walls there's going to be..."

("—no! That's—isn't there somewhere else, maybe the opposite direction—") No no no no no no what is happening why is this happening what's going on—

"That'd - no, it's gotten past me, I'm inside now and it's fucking sweltering, good thing I don't have to inhale very much to talk to you -"

("Haru-ya—")

Run, little Jaeha, run, b̵u̶t̴ ̶d̴o̷͉͂ ̸̖͒y̸̼͑o̵͓͒u̴̼̓ ̷̺̒ṙ̴̰e̴̤̒a̷̛͕l̶̨̋l̴̲͛ŷ̷̡ ̵̘͝t̷̨͝h̴̲̑ĩ̴̖n̴̩͘k̴͍̋ ̷͙͝ỳ̷̯o̸̭̻͗́u̶̪̰͝ ̶̻̽c̸̺͐́a̷͍͉̾̕n̶̯͊̑ ̶͕͇̀̉e̸̮̞̙͙̺͍̜̻̋̋s̷̱̋̆c̸̘͈͖̬̰̯̘̙͊ä̵̢̩͇̝́͛͒̓̃́͜ṗ̷̢̰̝͖̣̘̒́ệ̴̢̰̤͖͙?̴̨̗͊̍̈́ͅ

("Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck fuck I'm, I need to run, Haru-ya—")