At that, he has to laugh. “Now, I wouldn’t, but folks ain’t always smart even if they’ve lived for a long time!” Case in point: the very person they’re counting on to protect them. After all, how many of them had asked for her to leave the Matrix…?

Well, that’s in the past new. He rolls his neck. “Well, here ta some good years ahead of us instead of anymore trouble of this level. I’d even settle for a king wantin’ ta behead me again.”