They did not transmit a treasure hoard of images from far-off stars. Instead, they tore a chunk out of the moon. The Anth hadn’t known they could do that. Dragon Ensamhet explained that his crew had encountered unimaginable horrors; that they would now draw a veil of dust around Earth; that the planet would forevermore hide from the cosmos. The dragons decreed there was a new law: caution, and darkness, and brutal quiet.
