Daddy brain caused Zeph to miss the massive hint Stella was waving in the face of Archon Dolar and every other female that had managed to drag themselves out of bed to celebrate Mother Lilith giving birth to a little girl that could grow up to inherit the infantile nation that was still trying to figure out how all the pieces fit together.
It wasn't until he was carrying Krynienne and their daughter to the room where Lilith was resting and a medic from the C.S.S Vanguard was doing the typical post-birth check-up, that he spotted a sleepy Brandon with a sheepish grin on his face that he put all the logical pieces together regarding how Praetor Stella got her hands on a weapon that was still a prototype. Only three existed. One was Zeph's and the other one was in Helldorado Arm's main lobby behind foot-thick glass.
