Curtain Call is lost in thought throughout most of the walk back to Melaina, trying to figure out how much of the world around them is 'like a video game'. Are the people here real people, or NPCs? I mean, they're trapped and stuck in an endless cycle, so that suggests that at the very least they're being controlled. That means that their actions aren't always going to be their own. Right?

When they come up to Melaina, Curtain Call is struck by how tired the gorgon princess looks. "We did what we came here to do, I think," he replies, moving to support one of the unconscious gorgon sisters. "Right now, I think everyone needs some fresh air."