Taking the ice pack, Elias holds it against his bruise. "I'm perfectly fine if you use up the coffee—I usually make a new pot every morning."

Somebody likes his coffee.

"But as for the artifacts, whenever ADI finds something dangerous out in the world, they keep it and put it in storage for safekeeping. Normally it's a perfectly sensible scenario. That being said, there doesn't seem to be many safeguards for someone who would want to cause problems."

Like, say, removing all the artifacts.