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You told Atlas that you'd stay in his room.

"I got it,” Atlas said as he took his blanket and left you a new one. "Are you sure you’ll be alright here? ”

You nodded.

Standing by the doorframe. You watched as Atlas arranged the couch. He then stopped and looked at you.

“Sit here,” he said, patting the other couch.

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You did. When he was all settled down, he let out a chuckle.

“Do you want to know something strange? I can’t remember anything way past before I came here,” Atlas revealed. “No matter how much I tried to remember what happened before, I just couldn’t. John told me that one day he found me on the outskirts of the Old Helios Forest. He said, I looked as if I were in a trance.”

You listened to him intently.

“That was years ago. John said I have hardly changed ever since—I mean physically. All the questions made me want to wander back to the forest." His eyes turned glassy. “I should’ve gone alone, but instead I took some kids with me from my part-time job, and that’s when they all disappeared, and that’s the time where I found Lone Man.”

Atlas turned to look at you.

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