Does It Hurt?

Enzo tells Kacey and Sawyer to stay with the beacon, and Sawyer continues trying to call people on the radio. Enzo goes downstairs, and Sawyer panics as Kacey wanders to the top of the staircase. They hear a series of loud bangs from below. Kacey then charges at Sawyer, who ducks out of the way and runs down the stairs.

In the living room, Sylvester is sitting on the couch with a shotgun and a beer. Sawyer asks what is going on, and Sylvester pretends he does not understand. Sawyer asks about Enzo, and Sylvester says Enzo is incapacitated, not dead. Sylvester approaches Sawyer, who can feel Kacey behind her, and he explains that he cut Kacey’s tongue out and sewed her mouth shut to keep her from calling out. He intends to do the same to Sawyer so that Kacey will have a friend. Kacey draws something with her finger on Sawyer’s back, but Sawyer cannot tell what it is. Sawyer kicks Sylvester in his genitals, knocking him to the ground, and she runs to the kitchen to grab a knife. Kacey chases after her, but Sawyer tells her not to give in to her abuser, drawing a link between her situation with

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