"Is there a claim we can make about reading Scion which would bring up the subject in a less threatening way -"

"I don't know," he breathes, trying not to break down. "We could say Scion didn't know—Alexandria would be better at this—but if anyone'd know it'd be her—"

"She is easier to contain than Eidolon if she reacts concerningly to the information."

He closes his eyes. "Yeah."

"Not with their Doormaker guy. Means I can't just strand anyone on a faraway planet or in an adjacent dimension."

"...if you go far enough away, Clairvoyant won't know where to look," he says, barely believing he's doing it.

"...okay. I can definitely find something ten billion light years away if that helps."

"Why don't you find that now."

"Doesn't even need to be that far away, it's just, there are so many places a light-year away and Clairvoyant would need to know where to look, he can't just look at a particular person without actually searching and he's fast but not that fast."

"If they have told you all their capabilities."

"Yeah. I don't—expect that one to be something they'd hide? But yeah, I'm not good at this whole cloak-and-dagger thing." Pause. "Hero's definitely not involved."

"I could go get him."

"Please do."

Scale model of Hero's surroundings. Pop. 

"Hi need you for a minute do you mind?"

"—okay."

Pop back. 

He takes off his helmet. "Uh, hi. What's—going on? Legend? Weren't you helping with relief—?"

"Eidolon made Behemoth and this monster."

"What—"

"Scion thought about it. While I was checking what's up with him. Just sort of in passing -" he bounces it -

"What the f—udge."

James looks at Maitimo as if asking for confirmation or something.

Yeah, this kid definitely had nothing to do with it. He nods slightly. "We're a little concerned that Cauldron might've known about this."

James lets out a relieved breath.

"Cauldron? Why would—no, no, I helped build that thing, they wouldn't—not something like that."