*Mark immediately freezes in place, presumably out of terror* (*𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁.) *Ex walks out from behind him, stands in front of Mark, and turns to face him* (*𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗢 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.)