"Goddamnit, why are each of them so different," little pricks he bit his tongue to keep from saying out loud but thought to himself in reference to the orbs. Seriously, he hated them. But no sense in accidentally sounding hostile. "All right. That answers one question."

They knew about the rest. At least, insomuch as their scientists had discovered about the ghost matter and shared with the rest of the team so far. It was enough to see where some of this was going. Yelena and Felix shared a look of their own. They weren't as in sync as their opposites over there but this was really a no brainer.

"So," Yelena said, "how do we help you? There are a lot more of us. One of us is bound to be able to help somehow." She looked directly at Zandr. "They will want to. To protect the people."