Chapter 354: Endless Loop
"What is it that you wanted to talk about?" the bird asked when Jonas had walked over to where it was waiting.
"When I first met her, she had asked me what my name was, but I didn't tell her because I wasn't sure if doing so could hurt her in some way. That telling her who she is could be dangerous for her," Jonas answered, feeling as annoyed by this as the falcon seemed to be with him.
"With how she is now, who she is in her own mind has been erased. So, telling her about who she is should be safe," the falcon said, but as Jonas opened his mouth to respond, it quickly hurried on. "The only way it would be dangerous to her is if Douglas catches her afterwards. As long as we're able to keep her from him, then she should be fine."
While he understood what the bird said, she couldn't help but feel like there was an important element that the bird wasn't telling them. Such as how they'd be able to identify Douglas in the first place. Where if they didn't know who Douglas was, they could easily then encounter him and not realize he's the one that they needed to avoid.
Besides, if he was the villain or 'bad guy' here, then they'd likely eventually need to confront him. While this bird didn't seem to think that way, avoiding Douglass would only be effective if they had reason to believe that he might give up at some point and leave of his own accord.
Which wasn't something Jonas was willing to put his money on. Since he had no idea how this Douglass thought in the first place. Which meant that he couldn't be sure that Douglas would merely write this off as a failed attempt and move on. Jonas didn't really think that such a reaction was likely from someone who'd already gone to so much effort to do whatever he'd done to Elin.
"Okay, so how do we avoid Douglas?" Jonas asked. "How would we know who he is, where he is, and especially what he's capable of?"
Jonas wasn't sure if the bird's expression changed, only that the bird was quiet for a minute. Which he took to mean it was thinking about what he'd just said. Though, he wasn't sure it would agree with him or even understand what he was getting at with his questions.
"The only way that I've known how to deal with him has been to avoid him. I don't know how to fight him otherwise," the bird said after several minutes of silence.