They came upon another such shrine, three columns of stone over which a trickle of water from a brook sprinkled. Eb stopped in front of it, apparently transfixed by the sight.
He hadn't spoken once since they'd stepped onto the planet, but now he did. His voice was little more than a whisper. “This world, it feels familiar to me.”
“You've been here before?” Selene asked. “That must have been aeons ago. It will have changed enormously.”
“I … I cannot tell if the memories are mine, or someone else's.”
“Who's else could they be?”
He shook his head inside his cowl. “I suppose they must be mine.”
Selene addressed Hessia directly, brain-to-brain so Eb couldn't overhear. “What emotional state are you getting off him?”
“His mind is basically in turmoil. There's delight, alarm, confusion. An
