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Hearing Sara's comment, Varrus turned to the new arrivals.

"It's what we titans do after all, isn't it? Ha! Good to see you all in one piece."

As Avori dropped from the molten hole in the wall, the giant began pacing around the central conflux, inspecting the Vex data construct with cautious interest.

"Wasn't like this last time I was here. Conflux was smaller, and there were far fewer angry residents between me and this room. Reconfiguration isn't new, though. Same thing happened to me on my first visit. As for what exactly this is, Vigil knows more than I do. ...Vigil, your cue."

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Like I said before, this is a data node, an exchange junction for the planetary network. There are thousands like it, scattered across Mercury's surface. From here we can tap the Vex network, without the danger of corruptive feedback, and presumably find a way to send a signal or message back to the tower. Or at least Earth. Probably. Assuming this thing is connected to our reality, and all that. But yeah, this should work."

Varrus stopped his pace and gave his ghost a glance through his helm.

"And, why is this the plan again?"

"Because, unless I'm mistaken, this is all we got. So shh."

The giant let out a sigh and returned to studying the mass of energy streams. To his eyes, they appeared only as vague gray outlines, occasionally shot through with a strand of black.

"Well, I suppose we ought to wait here for the other two...assuming they made it. 15 minutes or so?