[Kylo considers, counting off their numbers thoughtfully.]
Perhaps ten. Not all of them remain, though. People disappear. It's easiest to track arrivals here in the Horizon. If a Domain vanishes...
[Then it's safe to say that person's connection to the Singularity has dissolved and they are no longer here in Abraxas. And Kylo has noticed a fair number of disappearances, lately. Perhaps it's all tied to the weakening of the Singularity that Ambrose is so afraid of. Still, it's not the most pressing matter in front of them.]
Ambrose doesn't know about the Queen's activities, and the Queen herself doesn't realise we know what she's been doing in the dark. Not yet. [he leans forward too, crackling with intensity.] And we have to keep it that way. You and I, and our mutual acquaintances. While the Queen believes she is working in the shadows, she will limit herself to smaller-scale projects to evade detection. There are... friendly elements in Thorne who can't afford to have their efforts exposed at this time, and I can promise you. If chaos erupts. If Thorne finds itself under attack from its enemies, and the people of Thorne demand their leaders take action? The Queen is backed by the military. She will step out into the light and make her personal project policy. And it won't be Thorne alone. Every faction on this planet will begin summoning as many of us as they can, and they will find ways to use us and our abilities as weapons.
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Newly summoned?
[Kylo considers, counting off their numbers thoughtfully.]
Perhaps ten. Not all of them remain, though. People disappear. It's easiest to track arrivals here in the Horizon. If a Domain vanishes...
[Then it's safe to say that person's connection to the Singularity has dissolved and they are no longer here in Abraxas. And Kylo has noticed a fair number of disappearances, lately. Perhaps it's all tied to the weakening of the Singularity that Ambrose is so afraid of. Still, it's not the most pressing matter in front of them.]
Ambrose doesn't know about the Queen's activities, and the Queen herself doesn't realise we know what she's been doing in the dark. Not yet. [he leans forward too, crackling with intensity.] And we have to keep it that way. You and I, and our mutual acquaintances. While the Queen believes she is working in the shadows, she will limit herself to smaller-scale projects to evade detection. There are... friendly elements in Thorne who can't afford to have their efforts exposed at this time, and I can promise you. If chaos erupts. If Thorne finds itself under attack from its enemies, and the people of Thorne demand their leaders take action? The Queen is backed by the military. She will step out into the light and make her personal project policy. And it won't be Thorne alone. Every faction on this planet will begin summoning as many of us as they can, and they will find ways to use us and our abilities as weapons.