Beth has no idea what these things are, but she knows they're a threat, she knows they're dangerous and she knows she can't just leave Blue here to fight them alone. Together they're stronger, together they can get out of this and when Blue seizes her hand again, Beth runs without thought.

The supplies are lost, but she remembers what runs were like sometimes, that the loss of supplies is preferable to the loss of life, so she lets them fall. They can go back tomorrow and see what's left, but right now they need to get out.

"Where?" she asks Blue, panting hard as they run. The ash burns her throat and makes her chest ache, fills her mouth and her nose, and she turns her head to the side, spitting black into the darkness.