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>3: Having Ira and Reggie get some information about them would help you make better decisions about this. Try and be polite, even if they turn out to be hostile. Delaying them figuring out what you know keeps things in your favor, and you might be able to navigate yourselves out of a fight entirely.

We should have Ira and Reggie check this new person out. Get an idea of their capabilities and current hostility level.

Here's some plans depending on the results of us checking them out.

If they're not hostile:

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Aside from that, I say we should help them out if they're not hostile. If Ira gives them a pass having more friends is helpful. Especially considering if they've lived here for as long as they say the have they probably know a good deal about this cave.

We should be able to give them a doorway out of here, since we made a BCS door at the entrance of a cave for situations like this. That would make it more difficult for us later on though. If we do go this route we should try and get some info out of them first, see what they know is up ahead.

We can also offer Exorcism. I'd recommend offering it after we get out of the cave, since that way we'd get more help for the duration of the trip, but if we wanna offer it now I'd recommend getting some info from them first.

If they're hostile:

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Try to avoid a confrontation, or delay it until we have an advantage. Sound travels, and we're not sure what it'd attract here. Maybe other monsters, maybe Daesdyne.

We can offer Emily's Exorcism as a way out of the cave and to a better place to try and head off the fight. That'd help us out a few ways if it comes to that.

If it comes to confrontation I think we should be using our silent gear and attacks that don't cause much noise, or we should try and make a smokescreen to disengage and go to another layer of darkness again.

We'll be able to have a better idea what to do once we know the situation better.