After a moment, Mallory slowly raised her hand, lightly clenching her fist as faint wisps of divinity leaked out and coiled around her fingers.
"Any responses yet?"
Her words didn't seem to have context, but Aphine knew she was asking about the messenger sent toward Kirone's location, so she responded accordingly.
"Negative. Because of the Dimensional Lockdown, we're currently cut off from mainstream space. And given the distance involved, the messenger likely hasn't arrived yet."
The Dimensional Lockdown Aphine referred to, both then and the day before, was a procedure she'd enacted in response to Mallory's severe injuries.
For obvious security reasons, she'd completely isolated the entire Dimension.
It had been a good decision, but the increased security provided by the lockdown came at a cost.
