If they had escaped, news would have reached Oros long ago, and he couldn't fathom Digestors squandering their remains when they could infect them to make deadly and loyal Sinewshades.
Suddenly, the sickly image of Cekt came taunting his mind and a lightning bolt of understanding flashed through him. If he wasn't mistaken, keeping a Rank 3 Aetherist captive wasn't as easy as this Dungeon Digestor wanted them to believe.
He had already begun to harbor some doubts after defeating the Voidshifter earlier. Had it been just slightly stronger and mature, it would have been him lying lifeless after the first distortion. His intuition told him there were others here, but they were requisitioned elsewhere…
Just as Jake started to believe that this slaughter of Sinewshades would never end, to the point of considering pulling out the big guns, Saros finally arrived, armed with a hefty blade in each hand.
