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You can see that there's another fight happening at the mouth of the cave, with guns being fired and you can barely make out the screams of pain at this distance. You had barely paid any attention to the gunfire before this, thinking that it was just shots being fired at you, but now, you're getting the sense that something else is happening.

You ask Balogh if he can see what's happening over there, and he says, "Hold on. Give me a moment to adjust my sights." There is a brief moment of waiting, and you note that most of the dock workers are headed towards the mouth of the cave, as if considering the events there more important than your attempted takeover of this corvette.

"Bad news, Dorn Wilton," Balogh's voice sounds gravely serious. "Looks like there's a large pack of Beasts at the mouth of the cave, and they're tearing through the workers like confetti." You curse under your breath; that's possibly what attacked your butterfly spy when you sent it into the cave earlier. So now you have a double situation: the artifact and a pack of Beasts tearing through the people here.

"Wouldn't it be nice to have some good news?" you ask aloud.

Your radio crackles to life as if on cue.

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