[Care](Yellow) is missing.

-this is correspondant to the phone call in the ABNLM office in petscop 2. care is established as being the yellow character at this point. use of 'missing' is ambiguous- the note talks about shooting someone in the head, so it could mean shes actually dead but this is a sketchy conclusion to draw. use of missing could mean shes a 'missing person' like her status is completely unknown so she could be dead or hiding etc etc.

You may visit her room.

-same thing that was said about mike. makes me think that this is a more automated response rather than the canvas being a living entity.

Your wife says, ["[Care](Yellow) isn't

growing eyebrows."](Blue)

-wife is established as blue here, so we can infer later blue occurances are to do with this character. care is highlighted in yellow again to reinforce the character/colour connection.

You say, ["That's a puzzle."](Green)

-this character is shown as being green, and said to be 'you'. interesting that the player character is also green. from the relation between 'your' wife and 'you', we can call the addressed the husband.

You're secretly very excited to

hear this news.

-the husband obviously takes some kind of pleasure in the fact care isnt growing eyebrows. this is obviously hidden from the 'wife' making it seem that she obviously isnt connected knowingly to what the husband is doing.

You're in the bathtub thinking

about her.

-the use of a bathtub is odd and out of place, making it look like its some point of interest. if the husband is in the bathtub then it can be inferred he is bathing. bathing has some metaphorical connections to cleansing and purification- perhaps the husband is purifying himself after his previous activities (which from the context of this note makes it seem malicious. conjecture makes me feel that this man has obviously been connected to some form of child abuse so he may be cleansing himself of his sins in a metaphorical sense). should also be noted that we dont have conformation on who 'her' actually is- although its heavily inferred that it is care. The implication of bathing is that they are nude, which could have some sexual connotations to the use of 'thinking about her' whilst bathing.

I have a guess at which child

you'll pick next.

-'I' here is a third party who we do not know the status of. from the wording of this prose it can be inferred that they are obviously connected to whatever 'you', the husband, are doing. this appears to be something systematic, since the use of 'which child//you'll pick next' makes it seem like this has been going on for a while, with multiple (or just one, we dont have any conformation) children being 'picked'. the use of 'picked' could have connotations to the gift plane adoption centre, where we are told to 'pick one that you like, you dont have to love them yet' (this was done off my memory so I may have gotten that quote wrong).

When you find her room, the

passage to my right will lead to

her.

-who is 'her' in this situation? the context could make it appear to be care, so that should be the first assumption. why would the husband have to find the room? maybe it has to do with the room elevator- if that is true, then maybe the room we're in isnt actually care's room, or the note isnt talking about care at all? our first person narrator comes back here, making it seem like they were already at care's room when we arrive, this person seems to know a lot more than they're letting on. they are obviously implicated in whatevers going on in some form or another. furthermore, why would they know the passage to their right would lead to 'her'? maybe they put her in there, or maybe they've already found her. why would the passage to the right lead to her when you just found their room? this could mean care is hiding from the husband and the narrator, but the narrator already knows where she is. maybe this narrator is omnipitent? bit of a strech but its a possibility given the nature of monsters from other series.

She'll appear from the darkness,

limping, and I'll shoot her in the

head.

-the ranting guy on reddit brought up a decent point when talking about the girl limping- the child could have quite easily been molested and caused some quite severe damage to her in the process. if this is care, the use of a flower in relation to her character is also poingant since this could be a representation of 'deflowering', or losing one's virginity (usually a term used in relation to young females). this is a very old and arcaic term, which could draw links to outdated views on the concept of 'sanctity' and 'purity' of abstinent daughters etc. pre-marriage abstenance is a concept taken from abrahamic religions like christianity or islam which sees marriage as a sacred bond which must be consumated by taking the wife's virginity, or 'deflowering' them. pre-marital sex is often seen as sinful and therefore the percieved value of the person is much less in the eyes of these sorts of traditionalists. in the past, pre-marital sex was punishable by death in many circumstances but in the past centuries became extremely frowned upon instead. it would not be unheard of for a father to shun a daughter who was deflowered before marriage, as well as causing social stigma by shaming her for not being abstenant. in this scenario, it is not the victim's fault but arcaic beliefs may have caused a repulsion amongst the victim's family and social group. this may tie in to the idea of 'nobody loves me' as stated by care later in this note as she is ostracised by those who used to care about her. if this is true, maybe this event either took place in a very fundamentalist community, or outside of the modern age. its also very interesting that the narrator decides to shoot 'her' in the head, as we saw that the girl emerges from the darkness- why would she come out of her presumed hiding place if the narrator is wielding a gun and has malicious intent? surely the girl would be frozen in fear due to the obviously dangetous situation. therefore, we could say that the narrator (or at least the husband) is someone she knows and/or trusts, meaning she would come out of the hiding place when asked. many abusers are usually known to the children as people they trust. could this mean 'she' (probably care) is related in some way to the husband? what if care is his daughter? this is conjecture on my part but its interesting to think about.

[Tiara](Purple) says young people can be

psychologically damaged ["beyond

rebirthing"](Purple).

-tiara is established as purple here, which is interesting- the note in the quitter's room was also purple, and the response from tool to the question 'remember being born?' on that note was 'im not tiara'. obviously tiara has some connection to the idea of rebirthing, which is shown here. the way this prose is worded infers that tiara is knowledgeable on the process of rebirthing, as this section of written like a reworded quotation with the source being tiara. the use of 'young people' is interesting, since any normal person would refer to a minor as a 'child' or 'kid'. the fact 'young person' is used suggests that the speaker is someone who is careful with their words, trying not to offend or demean any children- such as a child therapist or pediatrician. its odd that tool and the quitter's room note would suggest tiara was the one being reborn, where here tiara seems to be someone who understands things about rebirthing since she suggests there is a point where rebirthing will not help the mental state of a child since she is quoted directly saying 'beyond rebirthing'. perhaps tiara is actually a theraphist advocate of rebirthing? again, conjecture on my part but still worth thinking about.

A young person walks into your

school building.

-the note seems to switch around points of view and timings at this point, although its very subtle. this is written in the present tense, as if it is something happening at this point of time, whereas before the note was written in past and future tense. again, young person is used so we have another case of someone careful with their words- maybe this means its the same narrator. the fact this is 'your' school building could mean the adressed is either the owner/headmaster, a teacher there or is studying there. most likely they are an employee or the head teacher. they could also be a part of the governing body or other administrative role.

They walk in with you. You're

holding their hands.

-in the previous paragraph 'a young person walks into' the school building, making it seem like they walked in alone or at least not with the addressed- yet now they are walking in again, this time with 'you'. this could mean that 'they' are now walking into a different place from the school building, like a specific room in the school or a different building entirely- maybe somewhere private? the use of 'they' as a pronoun is interesting. previously, the girl (probably care) was referred to as she. now, its 'they'. it should be noted that nowhere in this prose is a singular defined, so 'they' could actually refer to 2 or more people- this is backed up when it is stated you are 'holding their hands'. when 2 people hold hands, at least in a friendly scenario, they join 1 hand from each person, and walk side-by-side. however, the fact that you are holding their 'hands' (a plural) means both hands are being held. there are 2 possibilities here. either it's a kind of restraint, and you are dragging the person into the non-specified location, or there are 2 people with one holding each of your hands- reinforcing the use of 'they' which can refer to a singular or a plural.

They come out crying into their

hands, because nobody will love

them, not ever again.

-the theme of hands is very prominent in this last section of the note, which could be symbolic. perhaps this is a reference to the importance of hands in this story. this could be because care could have been molested, which usually entails imagery of prying hands which grab and grope the body. maybe hands became a point of focus for care? again, this is my own conjecture. the idea of noone loving this person can tie to dehumanisation, as the pronoun shifts to 'they' between shooting the girl in the head and the school building. maybe the the molestation caused her to be stigmatised, making her feel dehumanised and uncared for. this then ties into noone loving them, not any more.

["Nobody loves me!"](Yellow)

-obviously care, which means 'they' in the last few prose are most likely referring to care. 'nobody loves me' is a phrase that crops up consistently, especislly in relation to the NLM girl in the shed.

They wander the Newmaker

Plane.

to 'wander' is to "walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way". this could mean the newmaker plane is a metaphorical state of mind, where those without purpouse and isolated in the world 'wander'. still no idea why its called the 'newmaker' plane though, besides the connection to candice newmaker. maybe extra research into candice's mental state before the rebirthing script would be prudenant.