"Don't have to thank me," said Heiji, flashing Hershel a grin. "I hardly did anything. Although when and if we go back there, I wouldn't mind seeing if we could knock down the price a little..."

15 BP total was still quite a bit, after all.

"We might not be able to get away from these puzzles completely unscathed, but... that don't mean it's a bad idea to be careful and calm when approachin' them. I think that's what helped our team out this round. Kuzuryuu might've been stabbed twice in that last round, but he sure wised up for this one. And we've got a bunch of new people, too. As long as we're around to help them out, we should be okay."

And provided Jake could be kept from smashing things...