22: Wink Wink

Episode Description
Apologies for the audio quality. The bug in mike's house is not intended to record in podcast quality. We would also like to apologize for Mike referring to himself in the third person in this episode. That was uncomfortable. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Plot
The episode begins with Marissa showing up to Mike's home to ask him about what happened. Mike explains that he left because he had hit his limit with how much he was willing to endure. As he tells Marissa his story, he alludes to the existence of time travel and WOE.BEGONE, but is careful not to mention either by name. He is worried that Marissa will play WOE.BEGONE even though there is nothing for her to gain from it.

Mike begins to talk about how there's two Hunters, and how one of them has access to a red flag cabin. He then tells Marissa that he was the bear that she shot, and he tells her he suspects that he was there to distract her from someone else.

Mike recounts the next day; he tells her that he wasn't doing anything other than going on a walk when the bear attacked him, and that it mysteriously disappeared. Mike then describes his misadventures with the boulders and the button, and the three men that attacked him in his cabin. He theorizes that the button marks an employee who pushed it for punishment upon entering somewhere they shouldn't be, but doesn't believe the people that beat him up were with O.V.E.R.

Mike says he told the three guys everything he could think of before they disappeared in the same way the bear did. He didn't tell them about what Marissa was doing that night when Mike dug under the fence. He assures Marissa that he considers her a friend and wouldn't betray her.

Mike reveals that Marissa had kidnapped one of the two Hunters the night that Mike snuck into Tier 2. Mike then explains that Marissa is stronger and smarter than him, and should be able to figure out what he knows without playing WOE.BEGONE, and without his help. The two then relax and watch westerns.

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