He waved toward the west. “Go. Separate. Hide from the whites. And when they offer peace, take it. It is not a good thing. It is not what I or you would want. But it is what will happen.”
Crazy Horse walked down, past the horse against which Custer lay dead, up to his “brother.” “Go in peace. Talk to the white chiefs. Tell them it is over.”
Earhart floated into the power chamber, which was lit only by · a dim gold glow from the portal map. She saw Dane lying at me base of the portal pedestal.
“Eric?”
Dane slowly opened his eyes.
“Are you all right?”
Dane nodded, grimacing with pain. “We must take the fight to the Shadow.”
“How do we do that?”
“First, we find the Ones Before.” Before Earhart could ask the same question, Dane continued. “I sensed something in the portal. I think I can get us to them.”
“And then?”
“We find out the truth about this war. And we end it.”