E’s face scrunched up in confusion at that. They wanted to ask what a ‘forth wall’ was but there were other things they wanted to know first and knew the Repairman probably had his own questions, so they wrote before repeating the process of showing once more.

‘I am E, a wanderer. Your kinda lucky I found you you know.’

“Well, nice to meet you, E,” the Repairman replied, sticking out an inky hand.

“You’re right about that, E,” he chuckled. Realizing something, he continued, “Wait, lucky how?”

He hoped it was just the luck of not being lost in a tunnel. And not something more than that inconvenience.