I’m trying very hard to avoid using the pun “Use the horse, Rusty. Use the horse!” Yet what we see here is more “science” or plain research than science fiction. Not that I have anything against science fiction. In fact, it’s one of my favorite literary genres. Anyway…

Just because this Tadd Crass character from 20 years ago now sells survival and camping equipment doesn’t mean he is connected to whatever is going on in Lost Forest. Does it? Glow sticks are not exactly an uncommon catalog item. And there is still little to show that somebody is actually lost, as opposed to somebody simply having camped there for a night and played around.

Nevertheless, I like the fact that Rivera is giving Rusty his due for once. You can see he’s trying to reason things out. But I hope the culprit doesn’t turn out to be one of Mark’s regular stable of crackpots looking for some kind of revenge.