Charlie was interupted in his thoughts of wanton destruction and property damage when his communication lacrima started to pester him.
The voice of Algon came trough. "Charles, I'm tracing our guests minds as per usual and I'm getting an awful lot of [i]hope[/i] from the dog. That's a problem"
Charlie looked at Gao with a raised eyebrow. "So you want me to interrupt whats-his-name when he comes back with the ribs?"
"No. Just go figure out what he is so happy about. If they are plotting something. Stop it. Without blowing up the cages, if they survive that they'll run away."
"Right boss, no problem"
"Charles.."
"Whaaaat."
"Repeat to me: What did I say?"
"No blowing the [b]cages[/b] up."
"Charles.." Aglon said somewhat sterner.
"Fiiiiine. Nothing goes boom! You happy?"
"Very."

Charlie shambled over to the cages with a annoyed face and a bored stance.
"Alright.. What are you doing pup?" He said, eyes narrowed and oblivious to Ris standing no more than 3 meters away from him in the darkness.

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Ciskel made his way back to the portal to Magnolia. "You coming Drake?"