I-- fine. I'll talk, if that's what you really want.

I-- fine. I'll talk, if that's what you really want.

The instability of this universe, all these disturbances - it hasn't been casualty-free, you know? I still haven't heard from a contact who vanished months ago. I know I won't. I know they're gone. It makes me furious. I thought I had smarter taste in friends. I thought I could rely on them.

They take a deep breath.

Sorry. It's good that you're helping out. Get out of the Anomaly and go find yourself some knowledge stones. They'll show a sequence of glyphs that you'll need to enter into a portal. Go through that portal, and you'll be in the region that needs your help.