Alice silently turned her head to look at Heath Doyle.
He had finally let a trace of panic slip. Alice watched him shift his body a few times and move into the shadows.
That seemed to give Heath Doyle a little sense of security. He composed himself and answered:
"I only found out about this afterward. I hadn't found a suitable chance to tell the captain."
His credibility with Alice was already nearly nonexistent. She merely smiled at his words, then stood up and said:
"Where are you trying to trick us into going?"
Seriously, that direct...? Klein glanced at Alice, hesitating to speak.
Heath Doyle was also taken aback by Alice's bluntness. He hurriedly gathered his thoughts.
"No, no, I just wanted to invite someone to explore the Dream with me..."
Heath Doyle raised his head and met Alice's utterly distrustful gaze. After several seconds, he gritted his teeth and spoke as though he had finally made up his mind.
"Fine, I admit it. I want to find something in the Dream... but I don't know where it is either."
"Then how are you going to find it?" Alice looked bewildered.
Heath Doyle said nothing. Alice got up from the floor, looked at him as she thought for a few seconds, then turned to Klein and asked:
"Are we going with him?"
Klein had thought Alice would make the decision herself, and he looked at her with emotion.
The first thing that could be confirmed was that Heath Doyle was definitely hiding something. It was hard to say how much of what he had said before was believable, but asking us along definitely wasn't as simple as looking for two companions. He must have some other purpose... Wait, was he really Heath Doyle?
Klein suddenly remembered that crucial question