So those metal creatures were something from Qui-Gon's area: he didn't seem surprised to see them. Whatever they were, they definitely weren't from China and India, or from where Callisto came from.

Sanzo closed his eyes.

"Assassins just for Jedi, maybe." His voice was muffled against the window. "Somehow they knew you were coming."

The artifacts were interesting, if only for the fact that they lead to somewhere else. The question was whether that 'somewhere else' was something that would actually help them and not more of Martin Landel's bullshit.

"It could still be a trap. In case the first two didn't work..."