Grey woke up with a start, completely taken off guard.
He died? How? When? What happened?
He blinked for a long while, almost as though to try and make sure he was really seeing such a familiar room around him. He had been so confident after he figured out how to snatch the alien's Ability, only for it to end that way nonetheless?
The frown on his face tightened.
'Wait.'
Grey thought of something and sent his mind into his Cyber Space. A familiar small little flame was sitting there, flickering above. It bobbed when it saw him almost in greeting.
"What happened? How did I die?"
A pulse came from the flame and Grey rolled his eyes.
"You're a real piece of shit, you know that?"
Another pulse.
"No. I'm not going to give you credit for reviving me. I'm half convinced you need me for something you're going to trap me in a death loop for eventually, so you can take these thanks and shove them up your ass."
Another pulse. This one, Grey was pretty sure, meant "fair enough."
