A few more months had passed, and Talia was expecting soon.
Kurt had in that time taken a walk through the shadow scar hidden in his basement.
As he had expected he turned around the corner and there stood Issac.
Layla had joined him this time.
"Ohh both of you."
"We thought you might like to talk."
"We do," said Issac. "We are not sure how you did that to Ethos."
"Not just him," said Layla, "any ally you try with will suffer the same fate from beyond your reach."
"Any ally from Terra," Isaac smiled. "But that aside from the point, why be enemies at all?"
"Like you weren't just using Ethos too."
"And if we were, that doesn't mean we can't come to an arrangement."
"Leave," said Layla.
"I am not authorized to do that."
"Then what are you authorized to do?"
