Ras grinned and shook his head. “I’ll have to get a rain check on that punishment. I have a date with Yinxha tonight, but I fully intend to relieve Amere for a while before then.” Nyx nodded and stepped out of the room, a simple black robe appearing the exact second she passed through the doorway.<span style="color: #a6ff4d">“Is this okay? Or should I come further out?”</span><br/><br/>Ras smirked and poked Jasmine’s side, infusing her with a tiny amount of energy knowing exactly the kind of reaction she would have to it.<span style="color: #006666"> “I don’t like him, but I don’t like the idea of you picking and choosing to ignoring people either.”</span>He listened to Order explain and looked at Jasmine with great concern.<span style="color: #006666">“I can’t think of any nation on this planet that would respond favorably to these Seraphim visiting us. Do you have a rough time frame of when they would arrive and can you tell us what’s wrong with Animus? She would be our only real hope of forging a successful bond with those people.”</span>If the drone scanned Animus it would see that she had been deactivated similar to Nalo when Valeen and Ibara arrested her. The device used to remotely control the woman was in possession of Vanessa who was sitting in the middle of her now destroyed living room with her windows shut and lights off.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>