"Alright, folks," John said, standing in the middle of the first island with the whole family gathered around him. "We're taking a break from the outside world for fifteen days. Two objectives. Two side quests."
"First objective, all of us push to at least Calamity-5. With my resources and daily training, we should manage roughly one stage every two days."
"Second objective is mine alone. I'm going to figure out how to safely turn the three of you into something like me."
Yuna, Azelis, and Jibril traded a look that wasn't quite surprise, more a question none of them said out loud yet.
"Explain the stage-climbing part first," Azelis said. "How does this actually work?"
