"You're back..."
Inside the safe house, Maric looked at Sharron as she suddenly materialized out of thin air and asked softly.
"How did your talk with him go?"
After receiving Ian's message, Sharron had immediately teleported away. It hardly took any thought to realize that Lorne was back.
"Well enough... he told us to be careful lately."
The flush on Sharron's face had yet to fade completely. Though she kept repeating the word "temperance" in her mind, the redness simply refused to go away.
Noticing Maric's gaze, she could only turn slightly aside and lower her head, taking the initiative to change the subject.
"The mummy is almost ready. I'll take a little more time to get into the right condition, then attempt my advancement in a couple of days. I'll need you to keep a closer eye on the surroundings then."
"Still, for the next month or so, the Churches will probably focus on the changes in Loen's upper echelons. Whether it's the Nighthawks, the Mandated Punishers, or the Machinery Hivemind, their patrols should shift toward Empress Borough and Cherwood Borough..."
This meant rogue Beyonders could breathe a little easier. Sharron and Maric's work would also become much less demanding, and they could start making plans to contact the remaining members of the Temperance Faction.
Of course, there was no ruling out the possibility that someone would take advantage of this turbulent period to stir up trouble. The Aurora Order, for instance, or those lunatics from the Indulgence Faction. They might find the "quiet" unbearable and come out to cause chaos.
Still, the aftermath of the terrorist attack lingered, and both the Churches and the Military were paying far more attention to the lower classes than before. Causing another major incident in Backlund would be quite difficult.
"Oh, and