Exactly, it wasn't a loss, it was a ploy to see what they were dealing with. The scattering is temporary, the Vex can transport just about anywhere they have established themselves at any time a trillion strong.
Being that they're one mind, it was as if you sacrificed your pinky to see if a pencil sharpener is dangerous. You know it will hurt you, but to what extent?
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but we stilla have the rest of the calcified fragments to find and read plus we have killed oryx and now all themat remains are his siblings who werent as strong so the hive are on the downfall opefully so now after the cabl it should be more vex story