Asteria's repair beam worked like a charm, fixing the Orpheus good as new save for a few scorch marks that did not constitute as true damage.

"We're gonna have to try that on the ship sometime," Sion said, more and more impressed by Asteria's capabilities.

"L-let's get back to the ship for now," Maya ordered, "RHS, we need to discuss what happened in private."

"Understood," Sion said, putting aside his fascination with Asteria, and adopting a more solemn tone.  His Fury was capable of splitting into three separate components, yet he could control all three simultaneously easily enough without losing control, so it had never occurred to him that such a thing could happen.  Granted, Solomon was controlling 18 bits in addition to Legion, but a part of Sion wondered if Solomon losing control was due to the fact that he was only human.  Sion was a little disappointed that no other Quantums joined the team.

As the group headed back for the ship, Tera suddenly spoke up, "Umm...Eihon?" Mayura turned around.  Orpheus hadn't moved.  A stifled sob came through the comm link.  A quick look at Orpheus' video feed showed that Israfil had brought his legs up in a fetal position and had buried his head in his knees.  He was crying.