As Erik opened his eyes, he saw a white ceiling again.
"Why are all our meetings like these?" a voice from the side said.
Erik turned to look at who it was, and once he did, he saw Benjamin.
"Uncle Ben..." Erik was slightly confused. Waking up and being somewhere entirely different from where you last were was not easy to process.
"It looks like you got beaten up, eh?" Benjamin said.
Erik turned to look at his surroundings and understood he was inside the infirmary.
"So it seems..." Erik said. "Did you see the match?"
"I did, but you didn't see me."
Erik didn't reply, but clearly, Benjamin understood the young man's mood.
"There is no shame in losing, Erik. Sometimes it is just what we need to progress further."
"So... I lost..."
"You did. You did well, though..."
There was silence between the two.
Erik looked at his surroundings; Amber, Gwen, and Floyd were not in the room.
"Where are my friends?" He asked.
