After all, every foreigner they had met in the Labyrinth so far seemed to have lost their mind to drugs. There was also a rumor that the foreigners had a lot of people with brainwashing abilities. Many locals believed the rumor was not far from the truth, since they had seen the foreign leaders use their own countrymen as meat shields firsthand.
Someone ranted that at a time like this, it would be perfect if Jude were here.
When someone asked who Jude was, the answer was that it was the last tester's real name, the large man who had come in with the other veterans. Another said he had seen him too, and that he seemed to love protein more than anything.
Then someone wrote that he had lived with Jude for a while. Asked whether he was the last tester's friend, he admitted he was probably not a friend, just an old colleague, and that Jude would probably not recognize him if they met. The others mocked him for being a stranger just like them.
