Uriel waited a moment, then helped Ryan out of his fetal position and back onto the bed.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #BF80FF">"If you eat, drink, and rest, you should feel better in a day or two, I think."</span></span>she told him.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #BF80FF">"When you're feeling better, we will start going deeper into the catacombs, where the guards are less alert. It will not look suspicious. We came to observe humans in hopes of that our results will convince the intergalactic council to mark Earth as a protected territory, so it will not be caught in the middle of future wars."</span></span>She turned her head a little, so she was addressing all of them now.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #BF80FF">"The plan remains mostly the same. Velnier will remain here to monitor our progress and record our results, and direct communications between us. Rhofel will observe the first level, Anak the third, and then Ryan can accompany me to the fifth. After a week or two, depending on our progress, we then each move down a level, so we cover all six of them."</span></span>She directed her attention back at Ryan, her eyes smiling somewhat.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #BF80FF">"Would you mind being my guide in this endeavor?"</span></span>