City
-Aven they have now switched to talking about space-
-John nods at Dot-
Yeah, here's hoping.
-Chris turns to Yugo, Silver and Fen-
Yeah. The Hounds.
-He runs a hand through his hair-
"Whatever"? I mean, sure, do not care about what enemies you face. I'll be sure to find a good grave for you if I can.
The Hounds of Tindalos... appear in the Necronomicon. They come from before there was time or space, just... ill-defined forms. Lines and curves. They formed from lines, humans from curves, or so the Necronomicon would have it. So they hate us. They can move through time like water, hunt down time travellers... all of the hunger in the universe is concentrated in their forms. The fact that you escaped them is a small miracle.
Oh yeah, and before I forget
-He looks harshly and directly at Silver-
I do not know what happened. Thutmose performed his task well. I do not care that he is dead, and I do not care that it is clearly your fault. But what I do care about, is that you do not just... let it happen again. Next time you screw up, it will not be some demon that dies, it will be one of us.
Unless you can save more lives by letting someone die than otherwise, do not think that I will just drag you along as a liability.
-John looks at Chris, shocked-
Battlefield
-The guards stop as Gila does-
-Gigolo sighs, reaches down, and scoops the lizard up, not particularly comfortably-
-Sort of holding him at arm's length like you would if you had never held a baby in your life and a stranger just gave you theirs-
-It is reasonably well lit down here-
-They walk through several doors-
-As they pass one of them, there is a crackle of electricity from within, and sounds of busywork-
-But the guards do not stop there-
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City
-Look Aven-
-They're talking about Mars-
-Fascinating-
Chris...
-Fen-
... You, calm down. If we're already at each other's throats we're hardly going to work well together.
-Chris-
Hell, you said it yourself, it's a miracle they're alive at all.
...
-Almost looks as if he's calculating something-
... Right.
-Turns to Fen almost reluctantly-
Look, I have been doing this for a while. I have already lost two of my closest friends in the past month. Forgive me if I am a little... strained.
-But pointedly does not apologise to Silver-
-Cloud and Marfise-
If they knew you were here, they would have killed us all in the night. Or devoured our timelines.
-Sora-
... Yes. They are.
Battlefield
-It is A Lot of stairs-
-You're at least 100 metres underground-
-The guards stop-
Stanton's through that door. Don't try anything.

"... Hounds born from angles, right?"