'I am going to contact Fireprism and see if he knows anything. I trust you to keep things under control.' Dad sent silently.

'I won't let you down.' Rhea replied and I reaffirmed that.

'I know.' He replied. 'Fireprism this is Voidsinger respond please.'

'I am here Voidsinger.' The cool intellect said touching our thoughts. 'How can I be of assistance?'

'Please perform a passive scan for non-human technology. I suspect it is buried under the Antarctic ice. Do not actively scan it. The last thing we need is alerting it. I don't want whatever it is to know we know it is there.' Dad ordered.

'Understood. Performing scan.' A...