"Tell them what you told me," Changkyun said.

Hyungwon was bound to the bed once more, as Changkyun had momentarily left the room, but he hadn't struggled this time, only watched sadly as his freedom was restricted.

They were all gathered around the bed, watching Hyungwon intently. Shownu stood farthest back of them all, his eyes focused on Minhyuk's back instead of Hyungwon.

"I don't want to talk about it," Hyungwon said, his eyes meeting only Changkyun's.

Changkyun exhaled, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Hyungwon, you have to, okay? It's important."

Hyungwon shook his head, straining against the sheets. "I don't want to," he insisted, squeezing his eyes shut.

"What did you see, Skeleton?" Jooheon asked, impatient but not unsympathetic. He just didn't know how to handle the boy.

When he didn't respond, Changkyun stepped back in. "Did you see the moon, Hyungwon?"

Hyungwon stilled, latching on to the single detail. "Y-Yes, I saw the moon. And stars. There were stars."

"Were you at the lake again?"

Hyungwon burst into tears.

But Changkyun couldn't give up. They were so close to finding answers. "And you saw him. Dr. Irving, right? That's what you said earlier, Hyungwon."

Hyungwon nodded, his eyes still shut as he squirmed beneath the tight sheets. "My arms feel heavy," he said. "I can't move my arms, I can't move my legs. They're too heavy. Why can't I move them? They're too heavy, I can't move them-"

"What happened after you saw Dr. Irving?" Changkyun continued, biting his lip. He still remembered Kihyun's mental breakdown, when he'd begun ranting and repeating himself to the point where he had to be sedated.

"They're too heavy," Hyungwon cried. "I can't move them. I can't- I can't move them. Why are they so heavy?"

Jooheon nudged Changkyun, whispering in his ear, "What are we supposed to do?"

"We need to sedate him," Changkyun said, his eyes sad. "He's too worked up."

"How the hell are we supposed to do that?" Jooheon asked. "I don't keep a tranquilizer in my kitchen."

"You have sleeping pills, don't you?" Changkyun asked.

Jooheon stared at him. "You're saying that we should drug Hyungwon?"

Changkyun looked down in shame. "I don't know that there's any other option. He's spiraling Jooheon. His brain can't handle the trauma."

Jooheon paused before giving a sharp nod and leaving the bedroom.

"-heavy," Hyungwon kept mumbling, eyes still shut, tears still streaming.

"Why are they heavy?" Changkyun asked, trying to keep Hyungwon distracted until they could sedate him.

"The rocks," Hyungwon cried.

Changkyun grew still, a shiver running across his body.

"They're weighing me down. I can't move my arms or legs, they're so heavy. The rocks are too heavy, I can't move."

Now Changkyun was beginning to realize why Hyungwon hadn't wanted to talk about it.

Jooheon entered the room with a cup of water and two white pills. He nodded to Changkyun, who took the water, before circling to the other side of the bed.

The others just watched on in silence.

"Open your mouth, Hyungwon," Changkyun said, but when the crying boy shook his head, Changkyun had to force his mouth open, his thumb pushing open the right side of Hyungwon's mouth while his index and middle fingers pushed open the left. Hyungwon made incomprehensible sounds of protest, but Changkyun steeled himself to his resistance and nodded at Jooheon, who deposited the pills in Hyungwon's mouth.

Changkyun poured some water in, which Hyungwon immediately tried to spit out, but Changkyun poured a little more in, shutting and holding his mouth closed. He could feel Hyungwon struggling against his grip, fighting against swallowing, before his body required air. He choked down the pills, convulsing in Changkyun's arms, and Changkyun let go.

Hyungwon coughed several times as his tears ran harder down the side of his face.

Jooheon's expression was blank.

Changkyun didn't know what expression he himself was wearing.

Within minutes, the combination of sleeping pills and exhaustive crying had rendered Hyungwon unconscious.

Changkyun didn't know which horrified him more: Hyungwon's recounting of the stones weighing his body down, or what he'd just been forced to do to his friend.