Chris’ eyebrow rose as Piper spoke up. In all actuality, Chris was thinking of something more [i]monstrous[/i], but his own experiences didn’t betray him. He remembered that night, and the fact that his fists felt like they were hitting concrete each time they came into contact with that thing’s skin. He could still see the colour draining from that girl’s eyes, and the full sickness that overcame him after the beast fled.

 The worst monsters were the one that could hide themselves behind human skin. Because humans were already monsters at the beginning. Chris was trying to pay attention, but each time he came into this room, he still couldn’t get over the pure [i]savagery[/i] of the image in front of him. And worse, it reminded him of himself. The immense pleasure he received when he felt something snap beneath a man’s face, or just the blood that would drip down from their nose and intermingle with their tears… who’s to say this wouldn’t be the next step if Chris came into contact with that power. His body shuddered at the thought. 

 No, he was better than that. He had to be.

[i] "Has anything like this ever happened before that either of you know of?" [/i]

 Chris’ head shot up like a rocket and then tilted towards Carver. He quickly picked out the notepad sitting in the man’s hands, and the inquisitive look on his face. The thing seemed to be filled notes about… something, but then again, Carver hadn’t given too much away about himself than he seemed to be invested in this case for… reasons. 

 Maybe he was just a thrill seeker? Or an investigator? No, if he had one, he would’ve flashed some kind of badge by this point if he was a figure of significance. Not even his apparel seemed to give anything away.

 Chris cleared his throat and adjusted his glasses for what was likely the hundredth time since they met, in an attempt to take an edge of this conversation, and pulled himself back to the moment.

  “I’ve tried to remove the moment from my memory,” Chris spoke slowly, “but there was a time before where I ran into something that could not be explained by the rational world. It hardly matched this level of destruction, however. If that is the case, then this town’s in bigger trouble than I initially expected.”

[@Kidd][@The Harbinger of Ferocity]