Don't Look in the Trees
Both Dr. [REDACTED] and Dr. Henrietta talk further into the forest.
"Do you also hear that...?" he asked in a hushed tone."
;"No...?". But then she starts to hear them. Multiple whispery voices coming from every direction. She couldn't recognize any of them, but she can see the look on his face; he was ecstatic. She walked in the opposite direction of the noise and towards the entrance of the forest.
He turns to her and grabs her shoulder--"Where do you think you're going?"
She bites him.
"Ow!". He lets go.
"Look... we are researchers, not field agents!" she mutters, gritting her teeth. "I know things are different at your Site. But in the words of an equally superstitious friend of mine--we don't do this shit! In the south where I was raised, I was taught that if you hear strange noises in the woods at night; you turn and walk away from it!". She then catches her breath. "Just so you know, I won't answer when you call for help...". She then walks away.
"But the trees, they're... they're finally screaming."
;"I'll make you scream, if you don't shut the fuck up about those goddamn trees!". She sighs. "It's not the trees... and don't look in them...". She continues to walk out of the woods.