A Rough Plan

"…Did you really have to distribute the skills that way?"

"Now he's beginning to think I'm a miser or something."

Beyond the far-flung reaches of Greater Beyond's universe, a young woman and young man within a large white structure began to bicker with one another, their focus mostly on the screen in front of him.

"Well, I did ask you if you wanted to be the one to give those skills to him," replied Adam to Eve's words with a slight shrug. "Then again, you were the one who said that who gave what skills to him didn't matter in the long run."

"You could've talked me out of it, no?" Eve looked back at him with a slight pout. "Sure, it doesn't matter in the long run, but between the two of us, I've been talking with him for far longer!"

"And?" Adam slightly shook his head at the absurdity of her words. "It's not like this would be the only time we'd talk with him. Remember that you gave him your mark."