Sunshine buried her head in her hands for a moment, this had never crossed her mind, but everything was a possibility now. The watchers sought entertainment, so did the Xylas. The enemy had been living with them all along!
Nine leaned against the desk, his expression turning serious again as he watched the swirling vortex. "So, let's get the math straight. If we close the rifts, does the problem in her world end forever? Do the mutants just... go home? Back to Xylos, never to return ever."
"Of course," Wilbert explained. "It stops the reinforcements. In the intergalactic community, there are 'Rules of Engagement.' The Xylas are bullies, but they are legalistic kind of bullies. They use the rifts because they can claim they are natural phenomena. If the rifts are closed, they can't use portals or transport pods to bring in more mutants or gases without breaking intergalactic law.
