Such coincidences are suspicious

"What happened to you?"

Ji-ho was asking about the healing burn scar that marred Ilya's perfect skin on his left cheek.

"Take a seat, Robinson," he gestured with a small movement of his gloved hand. "It's just a flesh wound I received whilst exterminating Livi's pet."

"The moon eater, right?"

"Yes. It was absorbing metal from the moon's crust."

"I knew it. No way would a creature of such massive mass have survived without feeding on equally large amounts of food. And what was the moon rich in that could have acted as a source of energy for the monster?"

"Metal, its primary source of nutrients," Ilya said with a bare hint of a smile. "You have deduced why they chose that moon in particular. But have you worked out what the monster was intended to be used for?"

Ji-ho hadn't thought that far ahead.

"Something nefarious?"

"Go on."

"I don't know."

Ilya looked at his watch and back at Ji-ho. "Make a guess."