But with Avowed, since we really wanted them to be part of the journey, we wanted to create this sense that it’s almost that scene in Annihilation when you see the four characters walking into the bubble, going into the – I forget what they call it, Beyond the Veil or whatever it’s called – but this sense that you’re in this big dangerous world …

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