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"Here I am again." Eldrian mumbled with a sigh. "But it is strange that I always appear here, and not in the place where the other players wait to respawn. I wonder why."

There were a few times where Eldrian hadn't. But that was back when he lost consciousness along with his death. 'I wonder. Back then, what happened?'

Eldrian recalled his earlier deaths. Back then, he had always woken back on Earth first. 'I guess I've always been a bit reckless.'

Eldrian didn't expect to meet GAIA today. This death didn't warrant a meeting. Nor did he wish to talk with them. Knowing that they were planning to use him, he couldn't trust them. 

'Perhaps that is a child's view...' Eldrian thought. Floating between the heavens, he pondered this question. 'Perhaps trust is overrated?'