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"It took you this long to get it?"
This was the question Gerald was met with as soon as he returned to his ship. He nodded slightly in reply, not really wanting to discuss anything further.
"Huh, was it worth it, at least?" The Holy Spirit dude asked curiously.
"It's okay," Gerald replied.
His friends could tell that there's more to this, but it's clear that he didn't want to elaborate. It may be because he couldn't or just simply doesn't want to. Either way, they could only drop it at that.
"Well, if you say so..." his friend shrugged. "Where to next?"
"If you guys don't mind, we'll go on a little detour," Gerald said. "Well...it shouldn't take long; there's just something I need to do to settle some karma. After that, we go wherever you guys want."
"No problem," almost all of them replied at the same time.
