<span style="color: #4da6ff">"Attacked? Oh dear. By whom? By what? Ancestors have mercy."</span>Speaker went wide eyed at the strange naga-man's words, words only backed by the state of the man's evo suit. This was grave news indeed, foreboding for the future of the expedition. He was briefly pulled from his worried thoughts by Maia's words and request to talk. Yes, rest and recovery, that is what he certainly needed now. Thanks to the sealed off evo suit, Alicia's pheromones weren't raging and blurring his mind so much and the news of the fate of the facility cut Speaker's ache to breed in half.<br/><br/>And the bad news weren't over yet. Once the naga-man returned from examining the holographic projection and told Speaker of the fate of another of their group, one who was unmistakably Zero, the entirassi simply went pale, at least as much as his blue pigmented skin allowed. He placed a hand over his chest and another on his head, in between his eyes and uttered something the universal translators had trouble to decode. He followed up with a<span style="color: #4da6ff">"May his soul find rest among his Ancestors."</span>in common tongue. He then pressed his hands together and closed his eyes, entering a meditative posture and stilled his movements so he may still his mind.<br/><br/>The expedition had a rocky start. Already a member was dead, two other kidnapped, a further two vanished and it had just barely been day one. He had a tough choice to think about making and would need to confer with the rest before deciding. Unless something else was to happen to them, Speaker strongly favored retreating to the ship as soon as possible.<br/><br/>After a few minutes of deep meditation, Speaker sighed and rolled his head, already feeling slightly better. These were not the conditions or the circumstances for proper meditation but he had to manage. Already a bit of grace returned to his step, the entirassi approached Maia and sat himself cross legged before her.<span style="color: #4da6ff">"Yes, Miss Maia, Your Grace. What is it you wish to talk about?"</span>he addressed her and bowed his head with respect.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>