Ascot spent the next few hours consoling Amelia, before finally going back to sleep. The next day, he was awake again, fit as a fiddle. After bathing, dressing back in his normal clothing, eating, and brushing, the boy then asked Amelia to take him to where Satoko and Rika were, where, after the two asked their questions as to why Ascot was here, the boy would reply:

"I came to apologize; I had a stick up my ass yesterday, and I couldn't think clearly until I had it removed. I also knew shit about how you lived, as I mentioned before, and, well, I'm sorry." Ascot would have elaborated further, but he was afraid that too much elaboration could be seen as 'elitist', and he couldn't risk that. He just hoped that this brief apology would be enough to satisfy the two.

"Anyway," continued the boy, "there's a Struggle Tournament going to be held at the lot. Are you joining?"