[Gai knew exactly what had happened the moment he'd gone over to the house and found those notes and that envelope. If what she'd told him was true (or even if it wasn't), the droids would be back to pick her up and return the old Elizabeth, and she likely wouldn't have any memories of this past week. He knows that's how it's going to go.
But that doesn't make him worry any less, nor does it allow him to just sit quietly by and wait for her to return. Instead, he bundles himself back up and heads out on a silent patrol of the village and the forest just outside, intending to keep it up until she's returned, whenever that may be. The cold doesn't bother him; he'll just continue searching until he finds her.
And so he just doggedly circles through the snow, keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of Elizabeth and occasionally stopping to ask passers-by if they've seen her...]
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But that doesn't make him worry any less, nor does it allow him to just sit quietly by and wait for her to return. Instead, he bundles himself back up and heads out on a silent patrol of the village and the forest just outside, intending to keep it up until she's returned, whenever that may be. The cold doesn't bother him; he'll just continue searching until he finds her.
And so he just doggedly circles through the snow, keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of Elizabeth and occasionally stopping to ask passers-by if they've seen her...]