Dirk stares at him, knowing full well he's probably struck some sort of overly sensitive nerve. He also had the feeling like he was missing something huge.

"It wasn't the beta we were supposed to play. We were going to be the very first to play SBURB Alpha." He's heard his friends talk, and he knew that they believed the game would reunite them with their guardians, but...different than the ones they knew. Some sort of game bullshit. They hadn't even started the game, but is that where Dave came from? There were far too many questions that needed to be answered.