Averting Disaster

[Nox]

Sky overlayed the images and there was differences. None of the scars had healed but some of the underlying tissues looked different. The area around the new arm implant was more healed. Layer by layer Sky highlighted the differences and Nox didn't really understand it. He would rely on the AI to help determine anything.

"Sky anything in the brain, the rest doesn't matter. Where the horde might live, where hormones and thoughts and instincts live?"

Sky didn't answer and just changed the images and revealed the before and after images. Nox didn't know what he was looking at, but something was gone -- changed. The horde was fucking gone, but so was his power.

The horde was fucking gone.

Could he live without the power? He should be freaking out. Every other time the power was gone he was freaking out. Why wasn't he freaking out?

Nox sat down on the floor his back against the couch. What did he feel? Nox didn't feel anything. Not angry. Not scared. Lily started crying and Liv jumped to attend her. It wasn't long before Lily was deposited into his lap for cuddles. She calmed as if they were still connected by the horde. Whatever bonding they'd done was something different.

If the horde was cured and the power was gone too then they had to be connected. Nox dropped his forehead to Lily's and touched her gently with the mechanical arm. Even that felt different. He whispered. "Wicked. Find the connection between the horde and the power. There is something in those scans. It'll be big news if you find it first." He didn't know if Wicked was listening now, but he would hear it later at least.