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Marcus hadn't been expecting the note to come back so quickly, if it came back at all; in fact, if he were to listen to Catalina, the note was illiterate garbage, too blurry for anyone to actually read. So when it did come back, he was elated, a slight smile crawling across his face as the paper fell into his hands, before ever reading the content.

He unfolded it delicately, as to not upset any of the sloppy writing, and despite his mold blending a bit in with the rust, the boy's message was perfectly readable, if not a bit disheartening. If the lad thought escape was hopeless, than likely it was, and Catalina was right again, as per usual. He sighed sadly, before noting the extra bit of writing at the bottom; food & tools. His smile was reborn, crawling across his features into a toothy grin, awkwardly stretching his scar in the darkness. With a meal in his belly, and a tool in his hand, maybe things would be a little less hopeless.

The news relit the fire in his incredibly empty belly, and evidentally lightened Catalina's mood, for she was soon talking to him again, giving him fresh ideas on escape, that he was about to silence before the guards heard (sure, no one else had ever heard her, but you never know), when there came the knock. The sound nearly made him jump out of his skin before he realized the source.

It was the girl.

She wasn't dead, or even gone.

"Hello?" He whispered nervously, putting his face to the metal separating them, saying the first actual word to an actual human he'd spoken in days.

If it was her, and not some other prisoner, this would prove to be an excellent day indeed, all things considered. Maybe, just maybe, his friends could help him come up with some kind of idea, some plot to get out of here, and then things would be fine again, just him and Catalina in the open wastes, searching for some half-forgotten ideal.

((Shit post is shit. Can you tell I just woke up, ladies and gents? But, I had to write it while my minecraft server was down, else I'd forget. I feel I should note that in my headcanon, Catalina sounds like GLaDOS with a spanish accent. You're WELCOME.))