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"How are you feeling?" Sarah asked after sitting down in the seat adjacent to Mercury's steering section.

Leo, who was positioned in the place to steer, took a moment to contemplate before replying, "It's gotten a lot calmer now. My thoughts don't feel as nervous as before."

While saying this, an appreciative smile lingered on the edge of his lips, evidencing a hint of joy for this exploration's progress. Whether it may have been due to the bout of confidence Sarah had expressed in him, or perhaps to his own slowly healing mentality, Leo's condition no longer continued to deteriorate.

For the adventurers' second run, things had finally more or less proceeded accordingly. The only goal now was to finish the main task handed to them.

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In the late morning...