[Shenandoah]

Mike listened to her words. "I certainly hope not. I don't want to be an 'expert' when it comes to getting trapped in video games," he said with a snort. The panic attack from earlier was soothed back in his mind. At least with interaction from Calonia, he didn't have to worry about falling prey to his own fears. He could distract himself. Granted, she should be sleeping, but he was feeling a bit selfish at the moment and he didn't really want her to try to go to sleep again, if only for a little while.

"I just hope we don't come across more glitches to my system. If what happened a couple weeks ago is an indication of system failure, then we're really screwed... and possibly others are as well." A sudden thought occurred to him. "What if, with me going out of it, they close down the game?" he blurted out in sudden horror. "Three people losing consciousness, people will probably want the game shut down until it's safe... What would that mean for us?"