Only after watching Victoria get stuffed back into the Library, shouting all the while, and the Nightmare shut the doors on her did Elliot reluctantly look away.
This Nightmare really was considerate.
These Dream Creatures never communicated with anyone, yet they always seemed to understand what he wanted.
Elliot narrowed his eyes slightly as a few guesses surfaced in his mind.
A moment later, he withdrew his gaze and looked at the Difference Engine beside him, only to discover, to his surprise, that it was actually running!
That meant there was a Difference Engine Core inside it.
"No way..."
Elliot hurried forward and opened the cover. Looking at the utterly familiar Difference Engine Core inside, he drew a sharp breath in shock.
"How is this possible!"
This Difference Engine Core was his! He saw it every day and knew it all too well. There was absolutely no mistaking it!
Elliot was dumbfounded. He had clearly dropped the Difference Engine Core into the sea. How had it come back?
He had just been thinking about calling Vanessa over and having the Believers search for the core. This saved him the trouble.
Could this cheat of mine be bound to my soul? Did it automatically return once we were separated by a certain distance?
Wait! Elliot suddenly thought of a serious issue.
The Difference Engine and its core were both here. Could the Believers have already seen the Cards on it?
If the Believers could see these Cards, or even control them...
The image of Vanessa holding her own Card and controlling herself appeared in Elliot's mind, filling him with a sense of absurdity.
He hurriedly looked at the surface of the Difference Engine.
As before, countless Cards continuously moved in and out across its surface. The push rods, card slots, and