979 Envoy

While they waited for a response from the drone pilots, Max worked on expanding his senses to the thoughts of the aliens in the city. It was a densely packed hive city, as expected of a world under siege, and finding the right mind was becoming increasingly difficult.

The local news was showing the scene of the battle that they had just held, and all of the minds in town were focused on the same things, making it impossible to tell who was important and who was just watching the news.

So, Max pushed further and further into their thoughts until he felt a strange sensation in his body. It felt like the System's Nanobots were confused about what exactly he was trying to do.

They wanted to help, but his current actions didn't match whatever they had thought he needed.