<span style="color: #99ffff">“Good. She needs to know what she did and I’m glad she’s been disciplined for her actions. Are you going to do anything for her creations now that they’re alone?”</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #b30059">“Destroying me would cause unfortunate difficulties for you in your quest to aid Animus. Even if you removed my memory core and accessed my data banks. I’m the controller of Animus, without me it’s nothing more than another machine programmed to sit idle and wait for it’s creator’s next command.”</span>Order would see nothing physically wrong Sonia’s legs but they were atrophied from not being used for a long time. When they teleported Darius gasped and looked around in surprise, had Order not scanned the Android he would have easily passed for a simple farm hand. Sonia wheeled herself over to the core which lit up at her presence.<span style="color: #b30059">“Hello, my child, you’ve been through so much in my absence. But I’m back now. Shh… shh… it’s okay. Open up and let me see what’s wrong with you.” </span>The core descended and pulsed with energy.<span style="color: #b30059"> “Ignore the Eternal, she’s going to provide you with new power, she’ll feed you.”</span>The core flashed and Order could feel its gaze on her before it went back to looking at Sonia. With a hiss the core split open like a clam and poured a sickly yellow liquid all over the floor. Inside the core was a fleshy looking mass with what looked a half devoured woman inside. Order would be able to just barely detect enough organic material to identify the fleshy abomination as the original Sonia Reed.<span style="color: #b30059">“There, there, my child. I know you’re scared but mama and papa are here to be with you again. We’re sorry the Eternals hurt you. Now go back sleep, little one.” </span>The fleshy creature extended an arm and stroked Sonia’s cheek softly before it retreated back inside and the shell sealed again. After just a few moments light filled the chamber as systems began to restore themselves. A massive screen filled one wall giving Order information on every bit of knowledge she would need about the Animus, including what was wrong with each portion of it and how to fix it.<span style="color: #b30059">“There we go. Take care of my child, Eternal. This is more than just a machine, this is my life’s work and my afterlife’s.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>