[He turns his hand to hold Ryou's. It's reassuring, but Atem finds himself gazing out the window, toward the obscuring, unusually-thick fog.]

I wonder if there's something else going on...if other monsters are noticing unusual behavior.

[I can't believe I'm saying this, but Atem is not going to figure out this time that the key factor is naga poison immunity.]

But...we can't really ask them, can we? Maybe someone will bring it up on the network...