“You said that your grandfather murdered your father,” said Mecha Knight. “Can you elaborate on that point?”
“Yes,” said Eli, nodding. “My father, Michael Mann, never shared my grandfather’s obsession with the Starborn. He thought that my grandfather’s obsession with the Starborn was having a negative effect on his sanity; indeed, that’s probably why my grandmother left my grandfather, because he became so obsessed with the Starborn that he started to neglect her. In any case, my father learned something about my grandfather’s real reason for being obsessed with the Starborn, so he stole the Call from him and gave it to the government for safekeeping.”
“Why did he trust the government more than his own father?” said Bolt. “I know the government and I would never trust them with something
