"Yeah, well," said Heiji, looking none too pleased with this particular development, "This whole situation is pretty unrealistic."

Maybe this was what Hershel had been talking about earlier. "But it makes sense. I was wondering how anyone could be as imperturbable as he was when I started talking to him about the 'game' here. Guess now I know."

He looked Clive over quickly. "You didn't get any extra injuries in there, did you? You're feelin' okay?"