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"I'll have Chrysa store the corpse," said Aldrich, making sure Diamondback was gone. He was fully on guard now after this attack as he had no idea how and why the bots had targeted him.

Had they been lead to him via information leak? Aldrich did not distrust Diamondback, but he did become a suspect in this regard.

Did they know who he was?

What did they want from him?

Where had they come from in the first place?

All new and dizzyingly annoying questions to deal with.

"In time, we will find answers to everything," said Valera, sensing Aldrich's thoughts. "And when that time comes, I will take great pleasure in tearing the spines from those that dared to destroy our date."

"I hope so." Aldrich put a hand to his chest, over his phylactery, and telepathically communicated with Chrysa. 'Chrysa, can you transport this body?'

There was no response.

Aldrich tried again, closing his eyes to focus more on establishing a mental link and to read her status. 'Chrysa?'