Alex paused for a long moment upon hearing Tala's words. He thought back to two days ago when he had just finished consuming one of the 8 Sunhearts. He had placed all the Sunhearts and beast cores on the same table, so when he gathered them, he had placed them all in his storage bags as well.
He hadn't checked on them after that, since he had no use for them for a while. He had been intending to use another Sunheart in a week or two.
"So, it's my fault this happened," Alex said slowly. "The Sun Wraith appeared because of me."
He felt at his waist at that exact moment, feeling the place where he kept his storage bag. The Sun Wraith had burned through the storage bag and then burned his skin as well.
That was what had woken him up. Had he woken up a little earlier, maybe there wouldn't have been an explosion.
