That doesn't sound very promising, now does it. Well, he had had his doubts that this was some sort of a fight or a game. Why else would they gather people from different worlds?

"If it's a fight, I can handle that... but if you're going to be fighting against others of your kind by using us as pawns, I will have to refuse." All his friends seemed to be assigned to other arcanas... and fighting against other Travelers didn't sit well with him in general.