The Heart

The next time I woke up it was clear that a significant portion of time had passed, if only because of the stacking debuffs that had started to weigh up on my system. Currently the system was proclaiming that I had a strength and manna usage debuff that had stacked twice, which meant I had been under for two days. 

Two whole days. 

That was technically half of my life in this new world that I had spent completely asleep. 

It was also two days that Lara could have been doing absolutely anything she wanted without anyone keeping her in check. 

"Ah, I see you're finally awake," The voice of Squadron Leader Belana caused me to snap my eyes open in an instant. 

<Don't do what you're thinking of doing,> BB said as I clenched my hand into a fist, ready to swing, <You still don't have the power to take him on in a one fight.>