The first order of business in a cosmic war of secrets is to figure out where your crazy, artist-god enemy is going to paint next. Ryan, now the proud owner of a very powerful and very confusing Reality Loom, had the perfect tool for the job. He reached out with his mind, and the shimmering threads of the Loom showed him the path.
"Found it," he said, his voice quiet on the bridge of the "Odyssey." "The Gardener is heading to a sector on the far edge of the galaxy. Sector Tau Ceti. It's a quiet place. Peaceful."
Emma brought the sector up on the main screen. It was beautiful. It was home to a unique and gentle species of silicon-based life. They were beings that looked like they were made of living crystal, and they lived on a world of giant, crystal forests. It was a place of quiet, crystalline beauty. And it was about to have a very bad day.
