Elliot sat staring blankly at the Difference Engine, his eyes wide.
Although Vanessa was the one fighting, the Difference Engine had faithfully displayed everything that had just happened.
From the nightmare's evasions to its later submission to execution, everything had defied Elliot's expectations.
He had never imagined things would develop this way.
Looking at the nightmare, now a corpse, he felt inexplicably uneasy.
That did not come from rationality, but from something deeper.
His conscious mind felt only confusion, yet other emotions welled up from the depths of his heart.
Could it... have recognized Vanessa? Recognized the Difference Engine? Or recognized... me?
It clearly wasn't restrained by [Spirituality Pressure], yet it still didn't attack Vanessa or even dodge. It just let the Communion's believers and Victoria join forces to slaughter it?!
This... why?
Yes, why?
Elliot rubbed his temples, forcibly suppressing the turmoil and emotions within him as he tried to think through and analyze the situation.
Something was wrong with this nightmare. Yes, in two main respects.
First was its strength. I'm certain it was stronger than the first nightmare to enter.
The instant when Vanessa felt the world slow down had essentially been an acceleration of thought caused by the gathering of spirituality, something that generally happened only near death.
That nightmare monster's speed had actually kept pace with Vanessa's, which meant it had far surpassed everything else.
That... was unusual.
The first nightmare to enter had also been fast. It had killed Maeve in an instant, and Victoria had been unable to react when it attacked her. If Elliot had not used the Difference Engine to make Vanessa intervene, they would all have been wiped out.
But its speed had not reached such an outrageous level.
This nightmare, however, had clearly been much faster.
*Was there a