"Ah, of course." Marianne nodded, appreciative as she ever was for Lorenz's tactical mind. She would never had thought of it, being caught up as she was in her blind panic. And so she pressed her lips together to silence herself.

Marianne's face broken into a small frown of concern. "I see." But, that didn't make sense to her. The last she remembered, they had been returning to home base from their battle with Those Who Slither In The Dark. "That doesn't precisely line up with what I remember. But...I believe you." She had no reason not to believe him.