"Then what, Endrance?" Within moments, the frustration had built up again, and it showed clearly in Haseo's voice and resulting hand gesture. "Didn't you hear that-- strange voice on the intercom? They admit they're watching us... do you actually think this is the real world as we know it?!"

He looked away, focusing deliberately on the walls as he thought, as if they would change again with merely his will directed at them. However, apparently in the same way a watched pot wouldn't boil, it seemed glared-upon walls didn't glitch, and after a moment the dark room faded from his vision as his attention was forced inward entirely.

What am I even doing? Whether this is a game or a simulation or none of those things... can I really afford to be acting this way? It wasn't like this was the first time something or someone had tried to knock him down, after all... just the first time they'd done it so thoroughly. "No, I guess it doesn't even matter," he said, slow and suddenly calm. He took a breath, but what influenced the turnaround remained unspoken. "We can only observe and decide for certain when the answer comes in front of us."

"Unless you two think all this shit has something to do with me," he added, in that almost-amused tone that tended to indicate something wasn't all that amusing at all.