Matt POV
"Wait... did I actually say it?" I asked, sweating.
My inner thoughts weren't safe for work.
Cwal stared at me with the cold, dead eyes of a man looking at a fresh corpse.
"Calm down, calm down!" I shouted, flailing my arms in a panic. "I was just half-joking!"
"Half?" Cwal's voice was like ice.
....
He took a big sigh
"I'm getting more and more weird the more time I spend with you. Anyway, since you're awake, we're in phase two."
He tossed back my storage ring at my chest.
I almost failed to catch it.
I looked toward the entrance, where the muffled rumbles of battle that were shaking the walls.
"I'm guessing you already know what's happening?" Cwal asked.
I wore the ring, pulled out a fresh set of clothes, and started dressing as fast as I could.
"Long story short? Yes. A naggy lady has been dumping info into my head while I was out. But which route are we on? According to the script, I mean." I asked.
