Endrance didn't comment on that first statement. There was no reason to say anything, but his expression softened just a bit. "...have you ever heard of the dot hackers? About seven years ago, they resolved the Second Network Crisis. It was catastrophic, affecting every aspect of modern life..."

He paused, looking down for just a moment. "In order to do that, there were several beings...the eight phases that made up the Cursed Wave, and the ninth after that...that had to be destroyed. My Mia, she...I don't know how, but...she had something to do with the sixth phase, Macha. I don't like thinking too much about what happened..."

Endrance stopped speaking again, taking a long, shaky breath before continuing.
"There's only one way to find out whether summoning my Avatar - Macha...I'm sure that somehow the two are related - will work." He hadn't planned on trying, to be honest, but that message on the bulletin board from earlier had him thinking about it - even if it would require going outside another time. "I don't know that it will work, but if it does..." How would Data Drain work outside the game? He wasn't sure, but...there really was only one way to figure it out.