Future plans

Outside the base, Sevenus was waiting for him. Sevenus looked at Athos in surprise, sensing that the air around him was different, but he asked no questions.

"Did you hear anything?" Athos asked in a still husky voice. He looked at Sevenus with a look that promised only suffering.

"I didn't...hear nothing...my lord." Sevenus shivered at that look, bending his head so as not to look him in the eye. He inwardly sighed in relief at having resisted the urge to eavesdrop on the conversation, or he would have joined the dead again.

"Fine. I want you to take the base down again and make sure the corpse inside is buried and not crushed." At Sevenus' words, Athos' gaze softened.

"Understood...my lord." Sevenus understood Athos' intentions and quickly got to work.