He frowned at the mention of experiments and brainwashing. This was the darker side of the Institute obviously. "I suppose taking that into consideration, it isn't so far fetched," he admitted. "I just wonder how possible it would be to do that on so many people without even one of them noticing something amiss, or remembering differently. I doubt it's a precise art."

Ronixis looked a little embarrassed when Claude mentioned the stars. Was it really such a big thing? All he'd done was go outside and look up. "It's nothing really impressive," he said awkwardly. "People have more important things to do than stargaze. I was just tagging along with my roommate." It didn't seem such an important discovery. The point was that they weren't at home, and they already knew that, so how much use could it be?