I thought a lot about what Ford said the night before, too much than I should've. I wonder if it was Bill he was talking about, as if Dorito had some kind of master plan. Did Ford know that this man was Bill Cipher? He couldn't.

I wonder what it could be. Something from the journal? I get up from off the couch, and go to find Stan. Bill is still asleep on the couch. (Does he even need to sleep?)

"Stan?" I call through the shack, and eventually I get a yell back.

"Right here, kid." He's in one of the back rooms, arranging items on a shelf. "What do you need?"

"I was wondering if you could tell me where I could find Ford?"

A pause.

"I haven't seen him for awhile. He's gone off the grid. Since the last time the town was attacked, he's been a little on edge. He suddenly left some time about a year ago." Stan goes back to his arranging. "Why, have you seen him?"

"No," I lied, "but thanks anyways."

"No problem." His explanation didn't make much sense to me, I just saw Ford last night. I spoke to him. I felt like Stan was leaving a bit of information out, but I decide to just let it go. I was tired, maybe I imagined it. I wake up Bill

"Good morning, Pinetree!" He smiles. "Sleep well?"

"Like a baby." He nods and stretches. "I'm going to town." I walk towards the door.

"Want me to come with?" He winks. I shake my head no, and he laughs and lays back down.

Instead of going to town, I take a walk through the woods. A little ways in, I see a man.

"Good morning, sir." I call out to him politely. He turns around, and I'm shocked to see Ford. It was almost too much of a coincidence.

"Dipper!" He walks towards me. Now that I see him in the light, he does look a bit crazed. "I hoped to see you here." He hoped to see me here? Did he know I was going into the woods? Was he watching me? My mind goes back to those times when I felt eyes on me. Maybe that was Ford.

He takes my arm and starts walking.

"Wait-"

"I'm just going to take you to my lab, it's alright." I nod, but something seems off. I grab my phone out of my pocket while he's not looking, and send a quick text to Mabel:

in the woods with ford? heading south, send bill

I send it and put my phone in my pocket right before he turns around, to check on me I suppose. We keep walking for about 15 minutes, and I notice the trees around us are getting denser. Throughout our walk, his grip on my wrist seemed to get stronger, my hand was feeling a bit numb.

I check my phone, no messages. The text hadn't sent, I must've been too far into the woods for a signal. I suddenly felt very uneasy, no one knew where I was. Maybe I should've just gone to town like I said I would.