anyways, that’s really…are you sure he’s dead?” “What?” “Rule of monsters, Erin. In every scary movie, in every video game…the monster’s not dead until you see the body. And sometimes, not even then.” Ryoka stared at her friend. Erin had frozen in her seat. “You think Toren’s alive? But I cut his mana supply…” “Maybe he had a mana potion? Or…is there a way to generate mana on your own? Could he have found another master or something? This is reality, not a movie, Erin. But we are in a fantasy world.” “I know. I get it. I’ll—I’ll keep an ear open. If anyone talks about a skeleton, I’ll know.”
Toren's alternate identity as Miss Swordswoman Adventurer is suddenly even better than it already was.
