—He floated back into the swirling mass but before it closed.

“ If you see your… husband…? Tell him I said, congratulations. “ Then, it's gone.

—A dry chuckle left him. “ There is nothing you can threaten me with that I haven't endured before. “ There really isn't, he and his colony have faced much a thousand times over.

“ But, so be it. “ Something opened behind him. A scarlet red vortex that had an odd pull to it.

—

—and as mobile as his drone is, it was nowhere near the resilience of his true body.

—I will not harm you or your family. “It was true even if it shattered his ego to say.

—“ Until that day comes, you’ll place your faith in them. “