"Yes...the final Phase was Corbenik. But... an Avatar controlled by someone with that level of power? That's a truly frightening thought." A thought that couldn't go ignored once they made it back to their real bodies and back to the game proper, not with that added to what Haseo had said about Ovan over breakfast.

"I see..." Endrance hummed thoughtfully. Yes, he remembered seeing Kuhn's team go up the arena rankings. Interesting, then, that they both had Avatars, too... So everyone was...no, not looking out for me, but ready to take me down. They had been good, and it was again, something of a comfort that it would have happened anyway, but that didn't change the fact that he was still glad Haseo had been the one to take away that infection. "I'm still glad it was you," he added, flashing a brief smile. "It did hurt, but...it also brought about what happened afterward, when you came to find me."

What happened between that time and the time Haseo's from? What does he mean that I did something stupid? I...can't think of what I would have done, and it seems a few other pieces are missing from the puzzle...

Endrance shook his head. "I honestly don't remember anything after leaving Indieglut Lugh, Haseo...what happened?"