And that, of course, was why Urdli found it easy to take such a demeaning part in this effort to control the weapons. Here he would have the upper hand, away from interference. Verner’s runners might succeed in their raids, but more likely not. Laverty’s soldiers had higher chances, but they would follow the professor’s orders to the letter While the activity might alert Spider’s earthly agents, Urdli thought the probability low. From the pooling of data, he had seen that Spider’s plans were less advanced than he had feared. Naturally, he had not shared that observation with the others; he saw no reason to let them know they wouldn’t be facing active opposition in most of the locations.