10 Rama The old man had just said that thing about Persephone carrying something that can ruin us all. I immediately thought about that thing that Hanuman hinted at earlier. That thing about a worst version of the Sigmosis plague. “A worst version of the Sigmosis plague?” I asked. “Aside for the Inklors, Norman Hunraken has been playing god with some other type of DNA.” The old man said his accent decreasing as he suddenly seemed like he was calming down. I wondered why. “You mean they were experimenting with more than just those blob things?” I asked. “I am sure by now you have seen the thing about the Zhiran,” the old man said. “Only vague things about those things.” “You know about them right?” “Only in passing,” “They are these giant mantis-like creatures.” “That is pretty mu

