2837 Welcome Committee (Part 1)

'Magnificent!' Orion felt proud of his daughter but also envious of Lith and Solus.

"The good news is that we suffered no damage or casualty during the attack. The bad news is that if any of those beasts survived and called for reinforcements, it won't take them long to find us.

"If they keep attacking us in the open sea, we'll be forced to make multiple stops and delay our arrival."

"Thank the gods." Raagu sighed in relief.

"I beg your pardon?" Orion was flabbergasted.

"Oh, sorry. The full phrase was actually: thank the gods Inxialot can't hear anything from the Sealed Box. Otherwise at this point, his whining would have driven me crazy. That or he would have tried to kill us all and return to his lab."

Nero meowed in approval, but Raagu didn't fall for his act one bit.