Duncan rubbed his slightly swollen forehead, stowed away his keys, and recalled his experiences inside "the mansion," including the message conveyed to him by the ancient god's tentacle in the garden and the "intruding foreign object" that appeared next to the hollow space inside the mansion.
Alice quickly noticed the captain's "return," and while pulling up the back of her dress, she curiously turned her head, "Captain, you're back! Did you find the answers you were looking for?"
"I got more information, but only more questions," Duncan sighed softly, looking at Alice's ever-carefree, radiant expression. He momentarily calmed the chaos in his mind and a smile appeared on his face, "But I've made significant progress—at least I have a new goal for the near future."
Alice tilted her head slightly, "A new goal?"
After a moment of thought, Duncan spoke indifferently, "Let's start by capturing a few eradicators."