[ Alan can't really know why yet, but the man who appears to be wearing his face sends shivers down his spine. The twisted grin, the way he pulls Jesse into the darkness, seeing that look on his face (his face)- it all makes Alan feel scared, and he can't remember the last time he was that scared. Everything about this mess makes him feel that way, because it all seems to be outside his control. ]

Yeah, a little. Whatever she got me with doesn't want to go away so easily. [ He looks around them, at the woods, towards the direction they came from, and he frowns. ]

Nowhere you'd call safe. [ Did I decide to go to the mine, or is something telling me I need to go there? The kidnapper, maybe? ] There's a mine around here, I think we need to go there. That's where the kidnapper is.

[ I think. How's that for a vote of confidence, huh? ]