"Of course we should still be careful. We don't know what resurrection does to you yet. Going by game logic, there will be some kind of barely noticeable penalty. Though dying too often would make it culminate, resulting in a harsh penalty in the end. So at the very least I want to keep dying to a minimum." Alakai mused as he followed Kali upstairs. Would it still be an exp penalty like it was in the game? Or would there be more tied to it? So far, not everything had worked just like in the game. It was more of a weird jumble, like their world and the game world collided and made a big mess. So he wanted to be careful with pretty much anything new until they had more information on how this world worked and what was going on.

Once in the room though, Alakai's thoughts went to a completely different topic. Kali sleeping in the same room as him. Luckily the room was only dimly lit by some candles, as that meant she couldn't see his face turning red. The man picked out on of the beds and sat down. Surprisingly they were quite soft. He had always kind of expected the beds to be harder in fantasy games. More like medieval times. But these had proper mattresses filled with sheep whool. Kali spoke again, and he quickly nodded. "U-uh, yea...a-as early as possible." He stammered slightly as he took off his robe, socks and shoes. He kept his pants on though. They were very thin anyway, and somehow it felt wrong to sleep in only his underwear when Kali was there as well. "Well...see you tomorrow then." He spoke softly, trying not to look in her direction too much. "Or...you know, if this really was all a bad dream or something...maybe see you in the game again some time soon." There was no way this was all just a dream or something weird like that. It all felt too real. It really felt like this was their life now. But still, maybe...just maybe they would all wake up in their own beds tomorrow morning.

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Alakai hadn't been able to sleep for the first hour. Just the mere thought of a woman sleeping next to him had kept him awake. Though finally the mental exhaustion of everything that had happened took over, lulling him into a deep sleep. The next morning however, he was already awake again at 4 am. A mere 5 and a half hours of sleep. Then again, he had gone an entire week on just 6 hours a night once, during the beta of the game. So he felt he would be fine for now. Kali was still asleep, so the man just laid there for a bit longer, thinking to himself about what lied ahead, and how he wanted to progress and investigate. 

After a minute or two he finally had an idea on how to start. Meditation. In the game, monks had a social skill called Zen. It didn't do anything useful. Just a bit of lore about monks meditating to search for their inner self. A way to improve themselves during times of rest. Alakai had never tried such a thing before, but it was at least worth a shot. Maybe something would happen. And if not, it wasn't like he had much else to do until Kali woke up. So he sat up on the mattress, crossed his legs and closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind.