After my “bad dream,” I stayed away from sleeping. I’ve never been one to spend my time idly, so it didn’t matter. Instead, I replayed my fight with Arachne hundreds of times mentally, reviewing mistakes and wondering about exploitable weak points for next time. I also tended my wounds, bringing me back to fighting shape. But, unfortunately, it didn’t mean …

Even after a year of allegiance, describing Titan is hard. The best I’ve thought of was imagining taking the subway to work during rush hour. Yet despite leaving a crowd of people all busily going their separate ways, you knew that they were working the same job. Titan’s roots run so old and deep that thinking on a small scale …

It’s almost frightening how little we know about what’s around us. Most people think life contains pushing pencils, mowing lawns, fixing cars, and everything else mundane. And speaking from personal experience, they’re better off not knowing because beyond society’s cracks lies a realm of shadows, an entire underworld of dark dealings. A place that will look back if you stare …

Even across my dozens of fights with hundreds of opponents, one crucial factor has made me the sole survivor: that being pros and cons. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses on either side determines whether you live to see another day. And for better or worse, I’ve seen far too many. Arachne seems to focus on distance and has a resistance …