Mathew wanted to rush right past Daniel to reach the nearest location with the merchant.
The major reason why they were at the media building, to begin with, was to obtain the cures needed at Peter's place, after all.
And yet, when faced with Daniel's statement, Mathew froze.
An invisible and untouchable barrier appeared within the hole leading inside the building, stopping the young man in his tracks.
It was nothing more but a mental barrier, but it stopped Mathew from progressing his tasks just as well as a wall of steel would.
"I'm glad that you are on board," Mathew muttered. He then turned properly around and looked right at Daniel's face. "But you do realize that even I don't know what will be needed to accomplish it."
The entire idea behind progressing beyond the level of fortresses was nothing more but Mathew's logical deduction of the next logical step that would work in accordance with the stuff that he learned about this new, changed world's system so far.
