“The religious fanatics who destroyed—”
“We didn’t!” Colin cut him off and moved off across the room.
Meghan hadn’t even noticed when she and Sten had returned to their feet.
Colin paced back and forth as he spoke. “We sought to protect mankind’s technology. Why should we destroy it? Our goal was to save the world from its own worst enemy, which was itself. How’s that for a futile cause?” He didn’t pause for their response.
“I was sent here with the keys to the kingdom. In two years of travel time, the Order could send a thousand technologists to restart this world of yours. My job is not to bring the technology with me. It is to assess your society, which I find sadly lacking,” he blushed brightly and eyed them for a moment. “Present company excepted.”
“I’ve been patient, haven’t I,
