‘So Ylona knew roughly how to open Teoricq, but she lacked the details,’ said Egg. ‘Fine. But why is she trying to get at it now? What does she want from the repository?’
‘Something came to light recently, among Lokant society,’ said Mae. ‘Some of Rhoun’s notes surfaced. He was a far more remarkable man than anybody realised. Quite brilliant. We still don’t know how he could see, or sense, events that were yet to come, and we never before knew that he’d developed a way to travel back to events long past.’
Serena blinked. ‘Time travel? That’s what Ylona is after?’
Egg snorted. ‘Oh, come on. That’s not possible.’
The vision of the repository finally faded, and Serena stood blinking, confused, in the sudden absence of it. Her gaze focused on Egg who stood, arms folded, an expression of ir
