...I did.

[ He doesn't want to scrutinize his own reasons. It was simply — that they weren't done. Ganymede had an answer to give him. The thought of leaving him waiting and hopeful twists something in his stomach.

"You're not just a bystander, Winter-kun." Was Hani right after all? Is he making them right by involving himself like this? It's just...

He blinks and glances away, across the water, as he tries to settle himself down into a sitting position on the boat. He doesn't have a dancer's balance. If he has to think furiously while standing the whole time, he's going to pitch over into the artificial ocean. ]

We don't even know if we share a language without the auto-translation. But are you really going to keep logging in?

[ The doctors hadn't found anything, Ganymede said, which means they don't know it wasn't the game that caused this. Truthfully, it had crossed his mind for a second to offer at least a different chat handle to Ganymede. If he was planning on quitting the beta, they could keep in touch. As if they'd have anything to talk about.

Phone numbers, though. Easily linked to a location, a name. It sparks an old wariness and just a hitch of hesitation. ]