“Its crew were troubled. Haunted, if the accounts are to be believed. They felt they were being pursued across the galaxy by some terrible enemy.”
“They were being pursued. Vulpis would have been frantically searching for them. Those were the early days of Concordance, and Vulpis would have been very keen to ensure that the crew members who took the Magellanic Cloud were prevented from spreading their version of events.”
“I do not know who or what Concordance or Vulpis are,” Jalian said.
“Truly?” asked Selene.
“Truly,” said the man. The faintest nod from Hessia indicated that he was telling the truth. Concordance hadn"t been to the planet.
“How did the crew members of the Magellanic Cloud know to come here?”
“They carried a navigational bead with them, a red one. Perhaps you ha
