"The telekinetic megalomaniac. The evil alien was using its psychic powers to mind-control him and tentacle-boy and convince them he was a hungry god. I'm not even kidding. Then they threw an eleven year-old at him and he let up for like, a month before releasing an army of kid-eating bugs." Howard pauses for a moment, then looks up at Zouichi with an ironic grin. "So, do I win or can your world top that?"

After taking a turn with the tunnel, the sun's completely blocked, and the flashlight's the only significant light source. Howard keeps close to Zouichi, though at the moment the mine seems like just a normal mine. Cart tracks, arches of wooden beams, stone walls slick with underground water and algae. Nothing unusual yet.

"More like the sidekick. It's cool, though. I like it this way."