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In that case, Haroun upon awakening will hear dire murmurs in an unknown language coming from the door dividing the split room.  Listening carefully, he can barely make out that it sounds like Bella's voice, but of course he has no idea what she's saying.  Or doing.  Her people don't have incantations, do they?  So it's not a slow-cast ritual.  Some observance of faith, or practice of mental discipline?  One thing is for sure, he's not interrupting the Summoned Hero while she's doing it.

Waiting for Bella to finish whatever-it-is-she's-doing will give Haroun some time to organize his thoughts in a less exhausted state.  His utilitarian priority... would be having Bella win her upcoming fight, unless Bella decides to trust in Professor Nightstar (Haroun's not sure he would, in her shoes) and Professor Nightstar actually has any better ideas.  His personal priority is getting his Mom and Dad onto a different continent, unless Bella being here isn't correlated with the final battle being centered on this part of Elhom IV.  It would be useful to have already studied a lot more Summoned Hero history, at this point, but alas.  It's also something of a moot point.  Haroun's Mom, Haroun's Dad, most of Haroun's other relatives on either side, and all of Haroun's friends that he made at the academy or before, aren't the sort to run away from this fight any more than he is.  Something feels wrong about that; why can't they all see that the sensible course of action is for him to stay and them to run away?

Maybe if Bella survives her battle she'll be powerful enough to resurrect a few people afterwards, and grateful enough to prioritize the same people Haroun would.

Haroun's thoughts keep sticking to this point and ruminating on it.

He is unduly tempted to see whether Professor Nightstar actually has any better ideas.  But this is certainly the Summoned Hero's decision, not his.  Haroun must remain dispassionate and unbiased in presenting the Summoned Hero with the relevant facts.

Haroun tries gainfully to turn his thoughts to the morning dungeon crawl, assuming Bella is actually allowed into the Adventurer's Guild and still wants to do that.  Haroun pretty much has to go along for this, right?  It's only floor one... which may already be beyond Haroun's realistic combat capacity; he's not specialized for this.  But Bella can defeat bandits without taking a scratch - ordinarily a job for C-rank adventurers of equal number, if the adventurers don't want to take casualties.  And if for some reason Bella proves weaker in this dungeon crawl than she seemed, it's Haroun's place to fall in battle protecting her.  This is a universally acknowledged duty of the Summoned Hero's companions.

What is the Summoned Hero doing in there?  It's been a while.

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In that case, Haroun upon awakening will hear dire murmurs in an unknown language coming from the door dividing the split room.  Listening carefully, he can barely make out that it sounds like Bella's voice, but of course he has no idea what she's saying.  Or doing.  Her people don't have incantations, do they?  So it's not a slow-cast ritual.  Some observance of faith, or practice of mental discipline?  One thing is for sure, he's not interrupting the Summoned Hero while she's doing it.

Waiting for Bella to finish whatever-it-is-she's-doing will give Haroun some time to organize his thoughts in a less exhausted state.  His utilitarian priority... would be having Bella win her upcoming fight, unless Bella decides to trust in Professor Nightstar (Haroun's not sure he would, in her shoes) and Professor Nightstar actually has any better ideas.  His personal priority is getting his Mom and Dad onto a different continent, unless Bella being here isn't correlated with the final battle being centered on this part of Elhom IV.  It would be useful to have already studied a lot more Summoned Hero history, at this point, but alas.  It's also something of a moot point.  Haroun's Mom, Haroun's Dad, most of Haroun's other relatives on either side, and all of Haroun's friends that he made at the academy or before, aren't the sort to run away from this fight any more than he is.  Something feels wrong about that; why can't they all see that the sensible course of action is for him to stay and them to run away?

Maybe if Bella survives her battle she'll be powerful enough to resurrect a few people afterwards, and grateful enough to prioritize the same people Haroun would.

Haroun's thoughts keep sticking to this point and ruminating on it.

He is unduly tempted to see whether Professor Nightstar actually has any better ideas.  But this is certainly the Summoned Hero's decision, not his.  Haroun must remain dispassionate and unbiased in presenting the Summoned Hero with the relevant facts.

Haroun tries gainfully to turn his thoughts to the morning dungeon crawl, assuming Bella is actually allowed into the Adventurer's Guild and still wants to do that.  Haroun pretty much has to go along for this, right?  It's only floor one... which may already be beyond Haroun's realistic combat capacity; he's not specialized for this.  But Bella can defeat bandits without taking a scratch - ordinarily a job for prepared C-rank adventurers of equal number, if the adventurers don't want to risk casualties.  And if for some reason Bella proves weaker in this dungeon crawl than she seemed, it's Haroun's place to fall in battle protecting her.  This is a universally acknowledged duty of the Summoned Hero's companions.

What is the Summoned Hero doing in there?  It's been a while.