Now Lucas knew that the alien could speak. He was hearing him for the first time, but that had no incidence on his killing intent, so he slowly lowered the leg that was still up, and stood on his two feet as he turned around to face the target of his revenge. And he didn't remain silent when faced with the question of the alien.
He replied, not with his name, but with the fire in his chest, the fire as cold as the body in suspended animation he had left with Hannah:
"I'm vengeance."
He didn't let Balk process the cold words. Even as they were ringing in the air, he had already disappeared. The ground under the highest layer of gravity beside the dull blade only cracked instead of exploding, and it did so only when his form was becoming solid in front of the wide-eyed Balk.
