[ Of course, Ratio was cognizant of Godzilla's presence even as he turned his focus to the book, but as the minutes ticked on, he became more and more immersed in his readings.

—until the kaiju decided to open his mouth, of course. Because he just couldn't resist, could he?

Frankly, Ratio wasn't in the mood to argue. Even if he did want to call Godzilla an idiot for continually assuming that the scholar wanted to lord over him, or even wanted the hatchlings dead despite his many repeated statements to the contrary, it wasn't going to do anything but cause both of them to expend energy they did not have. ]

What reason would I have to do so? Even I did not foresee the mother using her children as a tool against us.

[ LILITH had done their best, but evidently, it was not possible to contain a creature that could travel through Rifts without having some sort of anti-Rift measures in place. ]

...You have my condolences.