The violent landscape of Masdian ships battling the colossal Aleos unsuccessfully flashed away. John's team, the Soku, and the mysterious AI found themselves again on empty space. Only stars twinkled on the silent cosmic canvas of darkness around.
“I have a doubt,” asked John. “Goliath. Aleos. It mentioned humanity before, saying things like it has a special purpose for us and that can make us stronger. Is that its typical words, or does it know something about us? The Soku think it’s coming for us.”
He looked at Valva and Manak. The first only nodded with his arms crossed. The second one looked more annoyed.
“Yes. Humanity has advanced so much. Even when you were primitive species learning to walk on two feet, your species demonstrated to be one with potential.”
“Potential?” John tra
