Book Four – Chapter 2
The Memory Crystals
The silver needle of the Compass of Remembrance glowed brighter.
It no longer spun aimlessly.
It pointed due south.
Arkon watched the compass with a solemn expression.
"It has chosen the first Memory Crystal."
Elian looked at the old Watcher.
"What exactly is a Memory Crystal?"
Arkon walked to the mouth of the ancient ruins, where the first rays of dawn painted the snow-covered mountains in gold.
"They are older than the First Tree."
"They hold the true memories of the world."
Elian frowned.
"Why hide them?"
"Because memories can be changed."
He looked toward the horizon.
"But truth cannot."
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Far away, beneath the Moon Tree, Lyra felt a strange emptiness.
She walked through the Hall of Forgotten Kings.
The statues of the Guar
