After several hours, Alice awoke.
"Matt!" Although she was happy to see him well and awake, she was afraid to approach him because she didn't know if her touch would make him suffer.
"Did you sleep well?" Matt smiled softly at her, and she nodded several times.
"Thank you, Matt!" Carefully, she grabbed his hand to thank him.
"What are you thanking me for?"
"For saving me. If it weren't for you, I would have died out there. I don't have the ability to avoid an attack of that magnitude on my own."
Matt sighed after hearing this. "It's okay, it's nothing. I needed to save myself, and since you're my partner and you've proven to me that you're worth it, then naturally, I'm not going to let you die if I can help it."
Alice nodded, smiling happily.
"What shall we do now? Shall we keep going deeper into the Empire?" She lay down next to him after asking this question.
Matt thought several things regarding it.