Hold out?

You want me to hold out? Against an opponent up there that I’m not even sure I can endure at my current level? Are you serious?

Does this useless jerk even have a conscience? You’ve got me in a life-or-death situation, and you think you can just leave me hanging?

And what’s this? Looking below the message, I noticed another line:

[Reward: Short-term Buff (Prepaid)]

Oh, so you weren’t just talking; you were giving me a quest? And what’s this about prepaid?

I’d never seen this phrase before, not even when playing Soul Academy, but my curiosity was …