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Elayne approached Mark, who looked equally stunned by his newfound strength. "Feeling stronger now?"
Mark met her gaze and nodded. "Yeah, it's incredible. I haven't felt this powerful in ages... I guess we should start hunting stronger monsters instead of picking off the small ones. The effort is greater, but the rewards are so much better."
"I agree," Elayne said with a nod. "Not that we ever did things the easy way back then, right?"
"I-I guess, hahaha! We were always fighting things way out of our league even then," he chuckled. "But you had so many overpowered skills and abilities, so we always came out on top."
"It wasn't just me. You too, and... Rita, and Lily," Elayne murmured, her voice trailing off into silence. "And Jenny... Acorn... Nieve..."
"..." Mark looked down, gently patting her shoulder as the bright mood turned heavy once more. "We'll find them."
