Melia was looking around at the mutilated corpses of beasts, then back at our sorrowful faces. 'What did you do?'
Cali snorted. 'Dad, why is it that whenever something bad happens, you think I'm involved?'
The Professor shook his head. 'Because that's been my experience. One minute, Flo was nursing me back to health, then an alarm sounded, and she shoved me out the bed. Next thing I know, I'm in here with all of you.'
After filling him in, Melia must have spent thirty-seconds just staring at the kill-counter. 'One thousand?' he asked again.
Cali walked away. 'Dad, the number's aren't going to get any lower, no matter how many times you ask. They want us to reach level twenty-five before we can get out of here, and I don't think we have a choice.'
I nodded. 'I've looked around, but there's no other way out. We have to do this.'
Rose was stomping her feet. 'But I'm hungry!'
