"I must begin by making Mr.London tell the truth."
"Do you think he will?"asked Olwen.
"No. I don't think so. However, if you want to start like that, we will."said Alondra, mounting her horse.
She arrived in the valley on horseback, and rode toward the village. The people of Isis had never seen such a beast, and they ran in anger. She did not pay attention to them, simply made her way through the crowd to find Mark London. When she found him, she galloped toward him, as if to crash into him. President London ran out of the way, as the strange woman on the beast ran towards him.
"You thought you'd gotten away with everything, did you, Mark London?"she asked. "Why don't you tell the truth? Tell everyone who the real Destroyer is? Who is the true Ugly One?"
No one could understand a word she was saying. The president, however, seemed terrified.
"The Ugly One is that one who…"
"I don't care for your stupid superstitions! I want the truth! I know the truth, London! And I will force it out of you. You say that the robot is the Shining One who is good? That he set the taboos? Very well. He will now tell you who really set the taboos. Guardian!"
The robot emerged from the Cascades. No one knew what to do. Some people began to bow.
"NO!"exclaimed Mark London.
"Why, now, look everyone! The President is afraid of the Guardian!"said Alondra.
"You have been misled."said Guardian. He pointed to Mark London. "This man has lied to you."
"I have not lied!"exclaimed London. "I have told the truth! If I truly lied why you the one here? What about her? Why doesn't she come? Then you will see who lied!"
"You truly want to see Olwen, Mr.London?"asked Alondra, amused. "Why, I thought she practically scared the living daylights out of you!"
"I merely want it known who lied."
"I don't think that's hard, after we listen to the Guardian. To the Shining One."
"No, don't listen to him!"
"Don't listen to the Shining One? But he is the Shining One, Mr.London! Don't you yourself teach the children that they must obey the taboos and ask no questions because the Shining One made the taboos?"
"I did not make any taboos. Nothing on Isis is taboo, not for anyone."said the Guardian. "However, living on the heights can be dangerous for Earth people, due to the high ultra-violet, and the low oxygen. However, as I have just found out with Miss Alondra here, on Earth, they have come up with a new technology that will permit you to climb the heights without a UVO suit and oxygen equipment."
Alondra dismounted her horse.
"Yes, that's true. However, you will not leave this valley, until you learn everything. And remember Earth."
Alondra stayed on Isis, helping the settlers remember their beginnings, with the help of Guardian, Olwen, and the elders. Mark London was president of the settlement no longer. He was merely treated as one of the elders. He was forbidden to leave the valley, to get away from the shame.
"I never thought I'd ever visit another planet."she said, as she prepared to leave for Earth. "I was always against colonizing."
She looked around.
"Quite a beautiful place. It's a pity it might end up like Earth."
"Do you miss Earth?"asked Olwen.
"Oh, yes. Perhaps, if you would reconsider, Olwen, you could come back. And perhaps we could change you back. After all, if it was about the mountains, well, with the new technology, you would still be as free as you always were on Isis."
Olwen smiled. She had tried to stay as far from the colonists as possible, as she could still feel their repulsion.
"We are, after all, twins. We should look alike."
Olwen laughed.