"Oh okay."

"Let's go," says Paulo, smiling. He leads the way.

That should be enough for them to trust you, now, he'll get next time he checks for Contessa's messages.

Oh good. I don't want to do that again. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Presently they reach Epic's room. "Here you go. Guess we can't stop you from leaving but, er, warn us if you do? We get worried. Who knows what'll happen if you die in your other body."

"Yeah. I'm sorry, I know rules are for good reasons. I'll stay."

He grins. "And after you wake up we can do all sorts of tests!"

"Yeah!!!"

And as sworn he is promptly exhausted.

He is left undisturbed.

He starts on the artifact when he wakes up. It looks like he is sitting in bed looking at his computer.

Your room's cameras are working again and magnet-resistant, Contessa sends.

Explains how they knew the minute he woke up last time. No one has interrupted him yet, though.

Given the time he went to bed they'll actually not bother him for another couple of hours. He can work on artefacts undisturbed.

Oh good. He listens to acceleration music and works.

Knock knock.

Middle of a block. Darn. He puts it away and gets the door.

It's Golden Jewel again. "H-hi. Did you save everyone?"

"The monsters are gone forever. But I don't have resurrection yet - probably by the end of the year, though, I'm going to work really hard at it."

She nods. "Thank you."

"Want anything?"

Headshake. "I—I think they want to see you after breakfast."

"Probably. Want a hug?"

"...yeah."

Winghug. "No more fighting. Well, no more fighting big monsters I guess there are still normal villain capes."

Nod. "Much better anyway."

"Yeah." And downstairs they go.