“Don’t think of it as dying.” Belle tried to explain. “Because you come back to life… if it helps, think of it more as a reset or something like that.” Anything that may be able to help him. As he cuddled her, she was reminded of her question and decided it was now or never. “Sif… I have to ask you something… if this game is so distressing to you… why on earth did you want to play it in the first place? I could understand maybe being curious about it but wouldn’t you have figured out when you fought your first monster and you broke down crying that maybe… there are better games out there for you?”

No she didn’t feel good saying about it, but it was true. She could understand curiosity, but surely he could see that this game was not a good match for him. She’d never seen anyone have a reaction this bad to the game because they never stuck around long because they realised this was a bad match for them. He didn’t make a lot of sense to her.