[...that surprises him. Weirdly, the whole fear entities thing and all of the weird horrors on display hadn't phased him. It just seemed like a natural extension of the kind of world he'd lived in -- of course there'd be some supernatural reason for all of the shitty things that plagued the world.

But the idea of a video game avatar being brought into the real world is way more mind-boggling. He blinks once or twice, thinking it over.]

...wow. So -- okay, so is this part of the game for you, then?

[William silently finds himself wondering: "Wait am I an NPC???"]