I’d probably still have gone, though. Knowing what was out there was too important. We needed to know. And they still did need to know. Though she’d learned a great deal (possibly including the language of the ringbuilders), she had not learned who they were. If anything, what she was bringing back would only make things worse for her kind. She would be giving Olivia new nightmares. There’s something out there that even an industrial civilization couldn’t stop. What chance do we have if it comes for us?