Neo did not head straight for the tower.
He followed Snot first, and the two of them drifted through the camp with no clear destination, as if they were only stretching their legs after the talk with Byron. A few people greeted Snot on the way.
Neo let the camp pass around him and asked the question once there was no one close enough to overhear.
"Did you notice anything strange in Byron's blood? Anything that would suggest he lied to us or plans to betray us?"
Snot turned his head toward him, caught off guard by the question.
"No," he answered without playing around. "Nothing like that. He didn't lie. He reacted when you said we were probably the last ones to make it here, but that felt normal to me." He exhaled through his nose and scratched the back of his neck. "If you're right, it means around three quarters of the people who entered this Breach are dead."
Neo kept walking. "That's how it looks."
Snot fell quiet, so Neo continued.
