The drones start to meet heavy resistance, again, after they leave the bomb's radius, and, more annoyingly, the rooms they're traveling in seem to form a self-contained loop, that doesn't lead deeper into the citadel, though it's hard to tell, especially once it starts targeting the sensors and destroying them with pinpoint accuracy; slowly, as if it's unsure of them, and missing quite a few, for now, but it's unlikely his devices will survive for more than a few hours; a day or two, at most.<br/><br/>"So, you're saying... that thing, is a Beyonder?" "Not quite. He's saying it's the shell. The real creature lurks inside." "Then what do you propose, Draiss? As you have shown, the creature is aware of incursions, and attacks with some of the most powerful weapons, and even your weapons did no damage to the walls. It would be literally walking into a death trap."