"Unexpected, late but arrived," he said. "
Colin felt not a ripple in his heart, and even wanted to laugh a bit.
He knew that the company sending him on what seemed like an easy task wasn't for him to retire on.
Oh no, it wasn't just late but arrived, it was that the surprise was made clear from the beginning.
It was just that he and the others hadn't paid much attention...
That three paragraphs had become two was not a small difference – missing the "voluntarily return to reality for task settlement" part meant...
The task was completed, but they couldn't return.
Colin hadn't noticed because it was his first time and wasn't clear on the details. "Son of Sadomasochism" and the others didn't notice because they'd been there too often, never imagining that such a small detail on the brief would change.
"There couldn't be a bug, could there..."
"Son of Sadomasochism" and the others, exhausted from the battle, dazedly absorbed the information in their minds.
