"Not much in the way of specifics, to be honest," Ranulf admitted, "but no one I've talked to who's been on-board for awhile seems willing to trust them any further than they could throw them, and well... it feels like there's a lot of suspicion directed at them." He frowned. "If the rest of the crew's anything like me, I imagine they're wondering if... if the Daligig are just feeding us lies to get us to do their dirty work." It wasn't something Ranulf liked to even consider--he wanted badly to believe that Tellius, that everyone's homes, could be saved. But ignoring the possibility that they were being misled wouldn't make it any less possible.

"Tamper..." He wasn't sure he understood. "So they... change what they are? Why would they want to do something like that?"