Ugh, perhaps he couldn't rely on Shen Luguang to stay so trusting after all. But the unexpected support from Liu Feiyu was timely. "Exactly. I should be cinders somewhere back there in the wreckage," he gestures to the smoke plume receding into the distance. "I don't know what it did to hold me together, but it has undeniable power."

Oh, he's just hit upon an idea. One that's rather terrifying, but it should be convincing enough. "And they're aware of their surroundings. Reacting to what happens to us. Who's to say they won't have opinions about a surgeon poking around? I don't see that going well for us unless they're leashed."