“I sent them away so they wouldn't get harmed if we came under attack,” Penelope said matter-of-factly. “I didn't know who was landing, and it's a good thing I got the dogs somewhere safe.”
“What happened to Bohdan?” he asked in an anxious tone.
“He's dead,” Penelope said after a moment. She lowered her crimson cheeks as if she were ashamed.
“Are you sure?”
“Positive,” Penelope whispered. “After I carried you to the dome, I made sure you were all right. Then I came back to unbury his body. His head had been crushed by a rock.”
“What'd you do with his body? How do we know he can't regenerate himself somehow?”
“He won't be coming back, Burt!” Penelope snapped. She glared at him with blazing eyes and a pained expression of intense anger or agony. “I took his body to the fissure by where
