I don’t just stand around and watch. While Five charges in, I make a break for one of the nearby tool carts. If I can grab a wrench or any other object to charge with my Dreynen, maybe I can re-create yesterday’s lesson. Only this time, my target will be Setrákus Ra.

That plan, along with whatever Five intended to do, gets scrapped when Setrákus Ra sweeps his arm from side to side. A wave of telekinetic force blasts across us, knocking me completely off my feet and scattering the nearby tools to the far wall. His telekinesis is so powerful that some of the ships even rock to the side, their shocks grinding and creaking.

I land hard on my stomach and immediately roll over to reorient myself. Five was knocked into the air, too, but caught himself with his flight Legacy. He floats just a few yards from Setrákus Ra. Five’s skin is no longer the dull gray of the docking-bay floor. It has changed to a glistening chrome, like the ball bearing I know he carries around. So that must be jammed into his eye socket as well.

“Stop at once,” Setrákus Ra warns, but Five is way past the point of listening.

Five soars in towards Setrákus Ra, throwing big, looping punches with the intention of smashing his pretty human face. Setrákus Ra deflects the blows easily with his cane, although Five’s sheer animalistic fury is enough to drive Setrákus Ra back towards the open docking-bay doors.

Their scuffle opens up a path for me. Let these two crazies duke it out. All I have to do is make a break for it, dive into the open blue sky, and hope the Xitharis stone does what Five said.

Just when I start to make my move, I notice Setrákus Ra’s eyes flash. I feel an invisible field of energy pass over me, almost like the pressure in the room has changed. As he’s in the middle of throwing a punch, Five’s skin turns back to normal. His fist crunches against Setrákus Ra’s upraised cane. At the same moment, Five falls out of the air with a shout.

It’s just like at Dulce Base. Setrákus Ra has created some kind of field that cancels Legacies. He’s an Aeturnus like me, and now I know that Setrákus Ra and I also share Dreynen. His technique is different from anything I’ve been able to learn. It’s like he’s charged the molecules in the air around him, creating a radius where Legacies are useless.

Except it doesn’t work on me. I can still feel my Dreynen lurking within me, and I know that I could use my Aeturnus if I wanted. Somehow, I’m immune to Setrákus Ra’s version of Dreynen. Is it because we’re related? Or is one of my Legacies an immunity to Setrákus Ra? He said all that crap about our Legacies coming randomly and Lorien being nothing but chaos. But what if he’s wrong and my Legacies have been specifically chosen to destroy him? More important—does Setrákus Ra know that his power doesn’t affect me?