[There's a tiny hint of wryness in his reply.]

Neither did I.

Digital data and... [Serph falters for a moment, trying to think of an appropriate word. 'Real' didn't sit quite right with him; the Junkyard was real] ...what exists in Nirvana aren't so different.

[Fred had said he'd jumped out of a video game, before asking him what level he was. What was that even supposed to mean?]

We were infected with the demon virus, turning us into monsters. The information gathered from us made the virus suitable for use in Nirvana.