“Orders?”

That implied that they weren’t acting on their own freewill. Which would explain why reason wasn’t getting to them. But now he had a whole host of other problems: assuming his thought process was correct, who was controlling them? Looker assumed someone from Aether. Was it possible they were trying to harm him? Though Silvally was still intent on attacking Tigerclaw. Speaking of…

“Extreme Speed!”

With a bark of reply, the Arcanine bolted from his spot as to get out of the way. A safe distance from the Beast Killer, he stopped and waited for another command.

“Silvally! Who is giving you orders? Is it Aether? Answer me!”