Even the smallest shred of hope is something. "I'd always assumed we'd lose more than we saved no matter how cautious we approached this. I do think this is helpful as a sort of scouting mission, with a smaller one that was already trapped. We know more now than we did before."

And everything they learned seemed to be setting them up for disaster, but nothing to be done about that. He wouldn't ever simply lay down and die. "I doubt we could trap a full sized one in a portal, but perhaps Doctor Solis had some other plans we could draw upon. She had said something about a weapon at one point."