"Not quite," Patrick said. "Remember, Hamlan was once a country in its own right."

"Nonsense," the Brother said, "I spent the night in the library. None of that is in the scriptures."

"Your scriptures stop with the signing of the Peace. You need to read the diary I left with Sister Hersh."

"But we have no tales, no stories of an invasion."

"Would you tell stories that would humiliate members of the Peace? You hardly talk about the people who used to go teach the ...