"I'm glad you were able to rescue Bean, he's going to be a great asset to healing the Traveler," Micah says with relief.

"I can't help but be worried about what you found while searching for him. I thought the Psion defectors sided with the Witness…" She falls silent in thought. "But it's looking more and more like that may be a deception."

Micah lowers her voice in suspicion. "There's something else going on here. Something we're going to have to tackle head-on in the future, if we're lucky."