Illusions of Dying

Alejandro tilts his head, eyes widening, “Yes... yeah, I want to know what’s going on. What happened on the mission?”“Rudy didn’t make it out of that room. I am what remains,” he replies, face impassive, as if he hadn’t just said something completely absurd.“What? You’re right here,” he says carefully, eyebrows drawing together.Rudy fidgets, and something about it reminds Alejandro of a wild animal, cagey and ready to attack if you get too close. He stares unblinkingly, “I'm not him. He died in that room.”Alejandro clears his throat, trying to hold off the panic that’s setting in, “Rudy...you aren’t making any sense. The “you're scaring me” goes unsaid. Or- Rudy is acting strange, claiming he died and came back. Meanwhile, Alejandro is desperately trying to find out what's going on.