"Pfft, hahaha, quite the party leader you turned out to be," Rose said, shaking her head with a mocking smile.
Alice ignored Rose again, but this time her face made clear the comment had annoyed her.
Rose, noticing her words had landed, was about to continue but was cut off by Mark.
"Alice," Mark said quickly, cutting off whatever Rose was about to say next. "Do you think you can stand up?"
Alice, who until that moment had been holding herself back from responding to Rose, turned her head toward Mark.
The question seemed to pull her out of her mild irritation and her expression shifted to something more neutral.
"It should be possible," Alice replied after a moment. "My limbs feel more stable than before."
"Good… Rose, take Vorax off her," Mark ordered.
"As you wish, Master," Rose said, crouching down beside Alice.
Rose took Vorax in both hands and carefully lifted him from Alice's chest.
