[ She notes the recoil, but that doesn't stop the intensity in her gaze. If she backs down then he really will ball up in everything that's trying to drag him down. She's spent so long trying to pull him out of the waves that she has memorized certain tells.

« Has he always hit this road block and spun out? That's why he's been trapped in this spiral? Well. We are going to stop that. Aren't we? »

Polaris shimmers in agreement.

Jesse's hands leave his shoulders and rest on either side of his face. She's never been someone who is overly gentle. Forward moving, forcing her way if she has to. This isn't something she can force. Alan doesn't work that way and he never has. He has to accept things for himself then he can move forward. ]

Alan Wake. [ That sharp tone remains in her voice, but there is a softness in her eyes. ] Stop just for one minute and think.

[ « Not that I reallt understand how he shot himself and is still here... but I don't think much makes sense in the Dark Place. » ]

So, you stopped yourself. Okay. [ Jesse hopes he sees she believes him--or at least the end point his statement means. ] You couldn't write the ending then because you stopped yourself then. Which means we pick up from where the edits left off. We finish it.

You'll only keep letting yourself loop if you let yourself. You realize what you did. Now you stop and course correct... and you let us help.

[ Polaris gently brushes against his mind as if to reinforce the words. ]