"I didn't know you were in there," he reminded him, "If I did, I would have sure as hell found a way to protect the rings." He wasn't all that surprised to find out the jewelries contained even more power than they'd originally appeared to have. But the Famiglia never had much information on them and their respective backgrounds in the first place, so who could actually blame them?

Of course, even if they knew there were additionial energy stored into the rings, it might have strengthened the Tenth's position more than it already had, so the result could have potentially been the same. It was pointless to speculate on the past though. "We're placing our last hopes on them. I can't guarantee anything and, at this stage, I have no way to contact anybody in our home world to find out the progress so far." His brows furrowed in obvious frustration. "And, seeing how the escape plan failed, I doubt we'll be heading back any time soon."