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"If Maria can create a portal and bring supplies from there at any time, it shouldn't be hard to transfer resources into this world," Alma suggested, as everyone helped the survivors harvest vegetables and fruits from the farmland.
"Though... wouldn't it be better to help them awaken as Players and let them escape?" Arthur asked.
"That's not happening," Clarise replied. "We're not abandoning our world. Despite everything, this is our damned home... and we've got kids to raise."
"Unlike all the cowards who ran away, we haven't given up," Mark added. "Now that this miracle happened—now that you all showed up—we feel even more justified in staying."
"Y-Yeah..." James nodded.
Maria gazed out the window of Jenifer's office, which was filled with documents and books written and illustrated by survivors of the Apocalypse.
