Understandably, Michael was taken by surprise. He needed a few minutes to reconsider Nicole's offer.
She didn't rush him. A faint smile tugged at her lips, her fingers still idly playing with his hair while Michael's expression turned thoughtful.
'A Titan tier portal is no laughing matter. Participating in it will lessen humanity's losses in the long run and grant me benefits later on… However, for this, I must tread alone. The crew, and the entire Indomitable Alliance, for that matter, are too weak to challenge such powerful beings.'
He had sent the crew away because they weren't ready to encounter a Monarch. A Titan was something several times more dangerous than that.
Although they had encountered one when they fought to seal the breach in the asteroid belt, at the time they hadn't been the target of the Titan's attention.
'I barely saved Ruby from the clutches of a Monarch, and even that cost me losing myself… This isn't something I can repeat with a Titan.'
