"Over a month now. We were both on the first train in." Yuri replied calmly as he took Nanashi directly through the town to reach the fortitude dorms. Passing by the shops, arcade centers and the exaclan battle arena itself, Yuri chose not to say anything about the island or the game until they had reached the fortitude dorms.

Since becoming a prefect, he was constantly unsure of what he'd be allowed to talk freely about and what would get him punished. And while he couldn't give a damn about anything that happened to him, the fact that this system was willing to punish others for the crimes of one were already becoming appallingly obvious.

He had already questioned if Flynn's coma wasn't a result of his 'accident' with Golbez. It couldn't be coincidence that of the 6 that had gone down, 3 of them were his friends, right? Or was that just bad luck?