"Those chances are very, [i]very[/i] slim," he responded to her question, never taking his eyes of the long crystal. "Actually, it's impossible with the given the circumstances. The reactor is no doubt completely drained of power, and the only way to get this thing moving is with a collection of specialized Wizards to make a hive mind, or Grixis himself inside that crystal," he said, pointing to the dim crystal. He didn't even know why she asked. It was truly impossible to get this cruiser airborne. She even chuckled apparently at the thought. Why did she seem so eager to give it shot? ...Wait. He thought back to when he first saw Alice in the cliff. She told him that she bonded with Shovoroth, who was completely full of Darkness. She also stated that she went head to head with Grixis. Thinking about Shovoroth, the evidence that he was dark was his black hide and his black eyes. Now that he was bonded with a Guardian, it would make sense that his hide changed color to match that energy. But he also saw that the edges of each scale were the same pitch black color. His feathers too. Now with Grixis, he was able to permanently kill Guardians that could easily be deemed powerful. But her? She gets out with only a gash on her back. And just recently, she all but disappeared when they were attacked on the bridge, only to re-appear close by when the shadows vanished. It clicked in his head, and he slowly took his gaze off the crystal. [i]You have got to be kidding me.[/i] He slowly turned his head and looked at Alice, slowly turning his body in her direction. Then he slowly began to walk toward her. "Alice. You said that you were bonded with Shovoroth, a being that was brought back from the dead, and augmented by Darkness. His hide turned to the color of Light when you made that link, indicating that he was infused with that same Light. Except parts of him stayed that same color of black. Why is that?" He let that sink in for a few seconds before speaking again. "You even stated that you dueled Grixis, mainly [i]by yourself,[/i] and survive, that even the most powerful of Guardians couldn't do in a fireteam, and were killed. How were you able to do what they couldn't?" Same moment of silence, then again. "And just now, when a collection of unknown beings of pure Darkness attacks us, you are nowhere to be found. When the fighting is over, you are found seconds later. Why?" He stopped just a meter in front of her. "Is there something that you're not telling me?"