[quote=@Letter Bee]
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It comes across as that?

And, my view is that Ioannes is actually helping The Red by clearing the space of potential fleshy obstacles...
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Collateral damage, if they get caught in the exchange; more or less expendable. Short of that, they should have been largely dispersed, but who knows in chaos?