"Yeah, I noticed. Me and Clarke searched the forest more than once." They probably should've quit earlier, but as pointless as collecting soil samples and building snares was, it still felt like better use of his time than pretending this is a real summer camp. "The robot guy said the trees look the wrong density, and not really alive."

He shrugs. Natsuno is a city kid who didn't care about nature until his parents forced him to live in the middle of it, after which he started to hate it on principle. All trees look like... well, trees.

"You said Ody was created when the 'game' started. Is it the same with this place?"