Chapter 20How does a person deceive an entire Empire? Lydia wondered, reviewing her mental notes.
Neurologically, the Kzizn were able to remember everything, unlike humans. All sensory input was encoded into a hextuple neuropeptide brain that doubled as a genome. Whenever a Kzizn reproduced asexually through transverse binary fission, all memory and knowledge was transmitted to both offspring. Hence, Lydia's neurological limitations had bewildered them, the alien species not understanding for years why she had such difficulty with learning. Eventually, they'd helped her to develop skills to improve her memory to the point of nearly eidetic recall.
Incorporated into her mental notes were the dossiers of the two Governesses and the Laundry Maid, dossiers that Colonel Remes had pilfered fro
