After quite some time, a somewhat familiar voice came through the connection.
"You can take Bazel away now. His lifeform has been completely transformed. As I said before, he should be able to shine in Castel."
"Gwen, Bazel's situation can be discussed later. Castel doesn't lack another Stellar Furnace. I want to know how you're doing right now."
"I still have some trouble to deal with. There's too much knowledge Pollution in the mist, and I need to absorb it slowly. After taking Bazel away, don't disturb me again for a while. Once I succeed, I'll contact you."
"You still can't tell me why?"
"It's not that I don't want to tell you. I don't know either. I told you before that I would slowly gain knowledge and Pollution within the White Calamity. I obtained many scattered fragments of knowledge from the mist, and I'm slowly piecing them together into the truth. I don't know how long it will take, but I have a feeling it isn't far off. Perhaps in a few weeks, you'll get the truth from me."
"Alright, then... can you still return to Castel?"
The mist churned. Gwen remained silent for a long time before speaking in a somewhat muffled voice. "You've already gotten what you wanted. Why care about some little girl running a fried-fish stall? If you want Gwen, wouldn't the Gwen outside be better? She saved the lives of who knew how many Resistance Army soldiers in the Northern Territory, while I... might not even be able to save myself..."
"Bettis recently spent all the points she had saved up. In her spare time, she helped fill in for classes and slowly earned quite a few more points. Did you know?"
"Wha..."
"She used those points to apply for a street-front shop. Reinforced