"Unless I'm getting paid, I don't really care," Youji said with a bright and mocking smile. He did like a mystery for the sake of a mystery, but anything unsolvable was a frustrating waste of time.

And doubly so if he wasn't getting paid for it, and dreaming even if he was.

He did decide to throw Ken a bone, however.

"Back when the nightmares were going on," he began, "before we were stuck in that warehouse, Naoya mentioned an 'Overlord' to me, but that she didn't bring us here. She does need dreams for energy, but nightmares weaken her."

He was doodling absently now. "I suppose you can make of that what you will. Where else would an Overlord be but a castle?"