April 12, 2025

One of the things that _Call of the Void_ does exceptionally well is manage tension. As the story develops, Cox eases viewers toward the inevitable doom that we expect, but there isn’t a point where we’d expect Moray to hightail it out of the situation until it’s too late. Sure, the band is a little standoffish—the guys especially—but in their defense, their weekend plans have been turned around by a clingy neighbor lady who insists she wants som… read the rest.

One of the things that _Call of the Void_ does exceptionally well is manage tension. As the story develops, Cox eases viewers toward the inevitable doom that we expect, but there isn’t a point where we’d expect Moray to hightail it out of the situation until it’s too late. Sure, the band is a little standoffish—the guys especially—but in their defense, their weekend plans have been turned around by a clingy neighbor lady who insists she wants some alone time. And yeah, Sterling has strange rules for his hikes, but there’s no innate harm in going into the woods for a few hours of meditation.

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