When we returned to Dr. Paylor's office, we both sat opposite each other at his desk. My sword lay on top of my knees, as I rested my arms on the arm rest. The dull hum from the blade had a strangely calming effect over me, even though it has a sharp edge beckoning me to attack. Likely left over from the training session I went through. This was going to be really humiliating.

Staring at Dr. Paylor fiddling with the tablet was interesting, but it was also starting to leave me bored. He kept scrolling through it, probably looking for an example, while another tablet was left on the desk. It took him a good ten minutes before he stopped scrolling, as I checked my weapon and clothes for any damage. The simulation felt incredibly real, yet never left any permanent damage. I wonder why they never tried using simulations to fight the Aragami.

Dr. Paylor made a noise, breaking my train of thought. Then he spoke. "This portion has been compiled with data based on your ability to adapt and fight. You will be giving details about the area you fought in, what you managed to observe about the Aragami's behavior, and how terrain can affect combat effectiveness while in the field. These are condensed enough for you to attempt to get a basic grasp of the main details before you can move on to something more complicated. Do you need further explanation?"

I thought about it for a bit before shaking my head. I just needed to detail everything starting from my exploration, to the situation I found myself in. That seemed a lot simpler than I was expecting. I really thought I would need to detail all the cracks on the walls. Might have to detail the damage left from a fight though.

"Are you ready to begin? Once complete, I will then have you learn how to gather combat data in the field. This is an important factor when confronting Aragami in the future. Learning their behavior is an important factor. The major factors are how long it takes to defeat them and their ability to take damage and deal it out in turn." His explanation of combat data made sense, but why can't I just hit the Aragami till they die? Would that not be a better use of my time?

After I asked him this, he sighed. He seemed a bit exasperated, but nowhere as annoyed as I was expecting him to be. Instead he took the tablet and opened a new page before tapping away with lists of Aragami and data that must have corresponded to them.

"Even though your question does hold some merit, you will find this information quite useful. So will your fellow god eaters." I nodded, feeling guilty over these selfish thoughts.

"I understand. I am not the only one fighting Aragami. This is just happening too fast, and I was hoping that I would just fight Aragami and not have to do anything else." He nodded back to me, looking pleased that I understood.

Dr. Paylor then began to show me different reports that highlighted the combat data on Aragami. The amount of information was overwhelming, but I made sure to memorize everything shown. The numbers section was rather complicated. The amount of equations I would need to remember, and the information to explain how much longer the stronger Aragami could fight was mesmerizing. To see how one could break parts of an Aragami's body, exposing layers of the flesh beneath. The Aragami could bleed, yet beneath the armored body I could see orange energy radiating through its flesh. The sight of it made my eyes burn slightly. Blinking rapidly fixed the pain, even though a strange gnawing hunger went through my body. My throat felt a bit parched but beyond that I was fine.

Shaking my head I resumed looking at the data, and sighed. This amount of information was giving me a headache. Dr. Paylor must have noticed, because he gestured for me to set the tablet down.

"It seems we require a break. It has been a taxing day for you. Would you be interested in a game? While we could try playing cards, I can also show you some hidden games people have managed to place on these tablets. There are a few card games, pinball, and one that is quite a fun game to learn numbers called Minesweeper. Are you interested?" I nodded enthusiastically to Dr. Paylor's proposal.

Anything beat this paperwork thing, and I was interested in what games could be on there. Pinball sounded interesting, but Minesweeper included math, and I had just dealt with a lot of math already.

"How does pinball work? I assume it has a ball, but nothing else." He scrolled through the tablet before tapping on an icon with a ball and levers. Upon pressing the icon an strange jingle played and music came from the tablet. It was really catchy, and soothing. He handed me the tablet, and I found it confusing. There was a lever I learned needed to be pulled, and there was a score shown on the pinball thing. It took me several tries before I realized the levers needed to be tapped to bounce the ball upwards. I got points from the ball bouncing on different things, and the music made it enjoyable. I had not realized how much time passed until the tablet shut off from a lack of energy.

Dr. Paylor had closed his eyes, listening to the music from the game as I played. Once the game ended he opened his eyes and smiled at me.

"You can try the games later on after I have charged the tablets, but it seems to have gotten pretty late. Perhaps it is time to rest. You can try the other games on your own time. Just don't get carried away as you can lose track of time playing these." I nodded, a bit annoyed that the battery died, but he was right. I felt a bit tired and sleep sounded good even though I did feel like I could stay up longer.

After he placed the tablets to charge I went to my room, and fell asleep hearing the jingle play endlessly in my head. I dreamt about becoming a pinball hitting Aragami and earning points. It was a fun dream.