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A green backpack sits on the makeshift bed in the cabin, with his head hung low. He seems out of it.
Ava looks at him.
"Sir?"
He flinches, grabbing the handle of the wooden crutch next to him, and looks up at the doorway.
There stands an audio recorder who he does not recognize. Wide-eyed, he looks at her, silently debating whether he's imagining a person there.
"Are you Liam Plecak?"
The man hesitates, trying to process the question, and stutters out a 'yes' in disbelief. He continues to stare at her. (And also this is the first time someone's pronounced his surname correctly on the first try.)
"Okay, Liam, my name's Ava Ledger. I'm with— ...I was with the missing persons unit at the Lucas County Police Department in Ohio," she pulls a badge out to prove it. Liam waits a moment for her to continue, but she doesn't.
"You're with the police?" he asks, confused.
"Technically?"
"Wh... How did..."