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Cold sensations followed by an azure glow forced the couple to wake up. Khan and Liiza didn't dare to separate as they reached inside their robes and picked their respective cubes to answer the incoming communications.

'Are you okay?' Doku's worried voice resounded in Khan's sleepy mind after he picked the cube.

'I'm good,' Khan replied. 'How is the situation on Nitis?'

'The previous crisis had triggered many mutations already,' Doku explained. 'Fewer animals had transformed into monsters this time. The hunts have been easy.'

Doku didn't mention the casualties suffered by his species, and Khan didn't question him about the matter either. Both of them had silently agreed not to say anything about that terrible aspect of the crisis.

'Azni is worried about you,' Doku added after a few silent seconds.

'I'm not secretly dating your girl,' Khan groaned.