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[[File:Onramp.png|thumb|right|''SHANNON: There, just gotta turn it north/south, and —'']]
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Arriving at his destination, Conway finds that the area is an abandoned mineshaft called [[Elkhorn Mine]]. Though skeptical that the mine would house an on-ramp, he walks inside. In the entryway, he meets Shannon, who is on the phone with someone about a looming eviction. After she hangs up, Conway explains his predicament. Shannon then reveals that she encountered Weaver earlier that evening, and that Weaver told her to come to the mine to "find something she's been looking for." The two head into the mine, and Shannon has Conway test a P.A. system to measure the depth, width, and air quality of the tunnels before venturing further. During the last test, the reverberation causes the roof of the mine to collapse onto Conway, crushing his leg.
Shannon manages to free him and get him onto an old mine cart, part of the rail system from when the mine was operational. While exploring and looking for an auxiliary exit, Shannon reveals that the mine flooded at one point, killing the many miners trapped inside. The two discover a turntable, allowing them to change tracks and explore a number of tunnels. They explore the mine and see ghostly visions of miners in the flickering sparks thrown off the tram wires. At the end of one mine passage, they come to a stage which Shannon explains was used by folk song archivists as a recording studio for songs the miners would sing.[[File:Farmhouse hill.png|thumb|right|''SHANNON: Do you have any debts? <br />CONWAY: I owe some people some apologies.'']]
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[[File:Equus Oils night.png|thumb|left|''CARRINGTON: If you have attention to spare, I'd be grateful. Somewhere outdoors. Somewhere intimate. Somewhere tragic.'']]
After exploring, they reach the exit. Shannon tells Conway she wants to investigate a tunnel with broken track from before, and has him wait for her. In the dark depths she discovers piles upon piles of helmets of the deceased miners. While waiting, Conway can choose to investigate various objects, such as a birdcage and tape reels, before limping out of the mine and into a wooden shack where he encounters notebooks written by archivists labeled "Márquez." Conway asks if Shannon's parents were the archivists, to which she says that Weaver's parents were; hers were miners who died in the flood.
Conway and Shannon travel to [[Shannon's workshop]], located at the back of a small [[bait shop|bait and tackle shop]] at the corner of [[Wax Road|Wax]] and [[Peonia Road]], where Shannon recently saw Weaver's image on TV. However, Weaver is not there. On the way back to the farmhouse, Conway can choose to stop at Equus Oils where he and Shannon meet [[Carrington]], Joseph's friend who is looking for a venue for his [[Death Of The Hired Man|play]]. Carrington describes his play as "a grand, broadly experimental theatrical adaptation of 'The Death of the Hired Man' by Robert Frost," and asks Conway to keep an eye out for venues for him. [[File:Farmhouse hillOnramp.png|thumb|right|''SHANNON: Do you have any debts? <br There, just gotta turn it north/>CONWAY: I owe some people some apologies.south, and —'']]
Back at the [[Márquez Farmhouse]], Shannon reveals that Weaver fled after learning of her family's debts, along with her own due to university tuition, and that tonight was the first time she had seen her since then. As Shannon attempts to fix the old TV, she notices moss growing on the vacuum tubes. After cleaning and recalibrating the TV, Conway looks in again. This time, both the picture on the screen and the barn behind the house begin to warp and separate, forming an image of the opening to the {{Zero}} and the truck driving into it. Black.
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