"It seems as if they are."

He looks over the post then, scrolling through. It takes him a few minutes to really parse through all of it, but when he's done- well, it doesn't look good.

"The weapon... it tears us to pieces. On a molecular level." There's a pause. "Consider: why would it take Hope months to bring us back and only a few days for your kind? It is- the most excruciating thing you can imagine."