[At least he's getting through to him. Kind of. He thinks? It's hard to tell.]

We don't know how to kill these things yet. People have tried, and it doesn't work. These things are...way stronger than anyone else here.

[This is not the weirdest one-sided conversation he's ever had, he thinks. It's not really one-sided because at least the kid is responding, and god but it would be nice to get a name from him but he only seems capable of saying the one word, so until he communicates anything else, Tim might just end up having to call him Honk.]

[It's not the worst possible nickname. It's not like that would be referring to anyone else here.]