​     10,000 A.D.

​     10 K.

     Delphi scoured his files for any mention of any Azurian anywhere near or in Hrrm's Hive in all the time he'd been there. 

     He caught sight of only two.

​     A couple.

     They'd never risen into Hrrm's Hive itself. They were among those from The Cellars.

​     Still, Azurian. Human. Straight, black hair. Skin the color of honey. Azurian.

     The couple looked emaciated.

     They were with a group of other cellar dwellers in one of their gathering areas, and yet they weren't. They huddled in a corner by themselves, their arms wrapped tight around each other like that would somehow protect them from the horrors of the multiverse. So unlike any Azurians he'd ever had access to. 

     After an hour, the couple left to drop even further into The Cellars. That was the only footage he had of either of them. His camera never picked them up again, and yet...  

​     One last thing Delphi noticed just as the couple disappeared into the depths of The Cellars. 

     A bulge at the woman's waist.

     Delphi analyzed that.

     Yes. It was what he expected. The Azurian woman was pregnant.

​     Delphi accessed the date. 

     The footage was twelve years old.

     Once born, that child would now be around eleven years of age...

     old enough to be the size of the figure underneath the sky blue blanket.

     Delphi sent out a command:

     "Be on the lookout for an eleven year old Azurian child. Kill immediately, even at the risk of your own life or the lives of others."

     Then, from Security, as if in reply:

​     "There's been a second killing."

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