Chapter 764: Thera's Perspective
From the gate network to her family home, to her uncle's shop and from there the newest of Ben’s research areas, Thera found her uncle Ogilt exactly where she’d left him, sitting in a building filled with the trapped demons Ben was experimenting on the souls of.
The only real difference to be had was that there were more things around than when she’d last been there. It was obvious that Ben must have felt some guilt about leaving the great space spirit alone to stand guard for a few weeks and had tried to remedy that by leaving books and games and films to be enjoyed, with not a single one looking like they’d been touched since whenever they’d been created.
Despite that, the great spirit wasn’t entirely unresponsive and at least took notice of her arrival, lifting his head in acknowledgement of her presence.
“Ah, hello, my… niece?”
“Hello to you as well, uncle,” She greeted in return with a gentle nod. “Have you been well?”
“As you can see.”
That wasn’t an answer but she chose not to call him on that, instead looking around a bit to try and make it seem like what she was about to tell him wasn’t immediately obvious.
“You haven’t touched any of the entertainment Ben left you, have you?”
“I haven’t felt the need.”