Dorian could not resist smiling in smug satisfaction, as Elohim fell like a marionette whose strings had been cut. He was still impressed even after all these centuries, by the power and accuracy of the smokeless powder rifle. He remembered the first time he had shot one, he had scoffed at its potential. Yet here he had just taken out the eye of a target over a hundred yards away with a single shot.<em>'Damn things are still to noisy though',</em>he chuckled as he jumped down off the remains of the APC he had perched upon. Seeing Sayuri's icy glare, he merely nodded to her.<br/><br/>As Sayuri's portal swept up the two Brood members Dorian closed the distance to Frankie at a brisk jog. Careful to keep his footing in the blast crater as he descended, Dorian called to the DPDS creature.<strong>"You all right, sir?!"</strong>He hoped the monster was still functional. He had hoped it could speed their introduction to the DPDS.