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I know we have a captive-created guide to the floors of the tower. Do we have a bestiary of any kind? It would be helpful to be able to learn what we can about the monsters of the tower, even if it's spotty.

I'll start. Does anyone know of a monster that can summon people's fears? Because there is one.

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Please be careful if you do.

I should be okay. And I'm going to be asking you for the full story on what happened next time we met in person.

You'll get the full story. Don't worry about that.

I guess the next thing I should ask if you think I'll get mad after I hear the story.

I'm pretty sure you will.

Then I'll at least promise that I won't hit you.

Thank you, even though I'll deserve it.

That bad?

I was such an idiot.

I still won't hit you. I might yell at you though, if it was that bad.

I'll deserve it.

When would you want to talk about this?

Whenever. I'm in the dorm hallways.

Okay, I'll meet you there soon.

[Time to hear this story and possibly get mad at him.]

See you.

[Yeah, he's definitely prepared for that.]

[Just gonna head to the hallway then, and give Aleph a small wave as she walks over to him.]

... So, can I ask what happened, then?

[Aleph waves back, then sighs.]

This starts with me promising Sealand I'd train him in swordplay. Have you met him?

[A blink, before she shakes her head.]

Ah, nope... Is he a country? [Since the 'land' in his name.]

Yes, he is. A very little one. He's about... [Aleph indicates with his hand] this tall and neither of my swords are good for someone that height. So I said I'd look for swords off monsters to see if I could get one short enough.

...And he wanted to come along.

[April slowly nods, understanding starting to appear on her expression.]

So, what happened when you took him along?

At first things were okay, I took out a few monsters, nothing big happened... and then God showed up. Since no one else could see Him, I figured I was hallucinating and I tried to ignore Him while I looked for the cause.

As it turns out, if you stay around whatever does that long enough, your hallucinations start becoming real.

[She bites on her lip, reaching up to rubs at her forehead. Which also makes it impossible to see her expression since her face is covered by her hand.]

And... H-He killed you?

And He killed me.

I'm sorry. I should have been more careful.

[There's actually no reaction, though her face is still covered by her hand. This is probably worse than her yelling, especially with how calm her voice sounds.]

... W-what about Sealand?

He got away safely.

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