Pheres is still puking, although he's moved past liquid and just into dry, raspy heaving. Hinnom's stomach is churning just being near him, so ze takes one or two more steps back, and then - when it becomes obvious the maroonblood won't notice - ze turns tail and flees.

Whatever issue Pheres is having, it hasn't rubbed off. Hinnom feels foggy and gross from crying, but elation has won out over that. They're in the sewers, and the numbers on the walls mean they're well over a dozen blocks away, in a different district entirely. The drones are far, far away, and their hive is nearby.

It's just a matter of figuring out how ze'll haul Pheres there. The quickest way would be cutting down into the catacombs, and up the pipeline that leads directly into their nestblock, but ze isn't sure Pheres would be able to shimmy up the pipe. There's no ladder, and Hinnom always just uses their back and feet, but Pheres is probably a little big: in the last sweep or so, it's gotten tight, even for zim.

The other way is going through the catacombs, and following the path through. There's only a little bit of climbing there, but they'd need Castor, to tell them where the dead are, and when they could go.

Where was Castor?

Ze gives the leash a hard tug, but there's no response.