The others hurriedly shuffled out of the Argo VII, but Sam spent a few more seconds updating his status. With forty-two points to distribute, he decided that the priority was to gain power enough to achieve two things; strength to keep Apex’s attention fixed solely on him, as well as a defense that would keep the psychotic villain from murdering Sam before the others arrived to help him. Unsurprisingly, he put all his points into [STRENGTH: 62] because Sam figured that along with the power boost he would also get new boons once he hit [104]—and he was right.