He was pissed, but anger over being told that the two old bags of skin and bones had perished along with his Alora-shaped drone was slowly replaced with self-annoyance for not picking up on the real truths hidden between the layers of what Shelby Colby was telling him in that message that pushed the limits of what classified information Administrator Colby was allowed to know about at his level.
The old Ones should have died ages ago and are only being kept alive thanks to a few medical secrets that while aware of them Alora Noel refused to share with Zeph and loads of power-hungry equipment, so it was no wonder why they were found dead. The hidden truth was in him being told that Administrator Zero had died.
