Trident closed his eyes, he'd just have to raise another shield to hold them back until he got a renewed energetic surge, he thought.

   But their piercing cries rang again, their limbs falling to the earth flailing. Staring above him, he saw domineering the skies, the Mace, surrounded by its mobile cannons and interstellar chariots, their cores exhuming volleys of halos, beams and orbs upon Norgus' attacking army of cosmic beasts. Turning to his side, Trident sea him standing proudly upon his battleboard, face unmoved and watching it all in silence as the first wave of cosmic beasts were wiped away.

   "You kept a solid front out there", Thorace commended, "but I saw you were tiring out and that soon, you'd be a flying pinball."

   "Nice joke", Trident snapped, "if you were here I'd not have to fight in this unevolved state."

   "Accept my apologies bondmate", Thorace said, "but I'd like to ask one thing."

   "From what I've seen, I