"Oh, nobody's told you?" Ava has no idea just how new this guy is or how many people he's talked to about the situation. "If you die, you just come back the next day as if nothing happened at all. There's no escaping this." It's both good news and absolutely awful news at once.

"Trust me, I buried myself and I didn't even get a t-shirt. The prizes for the games here suck." She might be a bit more willing to play along if there was something in it to gain, but satisfaction alone isn't that motivating.

"Anyway, you'll probably be fine." As if she didn't put her foot through him. "I've never killed somebody on accident."