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It's a little daunting scrolling down and seeing so many comments, but you figure it's worth a shot.

By the time you're a quarter of the way down the page, however, you're not so sure. You can't see any way of getting through these comments without reading them one by one, and yet most of them don't seem particularly helpful—half of them are either promoting some local business (and you're especially skeptical of the ones that promise you "Free cash now" just for clicking a link), and the others are simply talking about how cool the story is without going into further detail.

It's only when you scroll down once more, and without warning the page updates to show you dozens of new comments, that you realize this is more trouble than it's worth.

Next

Just as you're finishing up, you're interrupted by a faint pinging sound that seems to have come from the laptop. After a moment, you notice a little red envelope in the corner of the screen that tells you you have a new email. When you go to check you see that the new message is from Rana, but you also notice another new message from Tobias that seems to have been sent last night.

It only seems fair to read them chronologically, so you start with Tobias's email:

Hey. I just went to knock on your door, but then I figured you were probably asleep. I just wanted to let you know I'm going over to Mr. Logan's store tomorrow to pay him back. I thought you might want to go see him too, maybe. So just meet me by the store when it opens if you do. —T

Reading through Tobias's email, you feel yourself deflating slightly. You hadn't exactly forgotten about what happened at the crafts store, though you had managed to put it out of your mind for a while—but now that it's fresh in your mind, you're not really surprised that Tobias wants to wipe the slate clean. You're pretty sure it's what he wants you to want as well.

Glancing back over the message, you're struck with a feeling of: