Much later, when Hirrilow came to consider how Crinomu had committed the crime for which the Council Of Kalonia was called upon to judge him, he realised that the artilect had learnt all the skills he needed before he ever came to Kalonia in ages long past. Crinomu had been a chemist and a xenobiologist out in the Galactic Compact. He understood the controls built into the body the seers had grown and the processes required to change those controls. He had access to a private laboratory in the dome. Members of the Embassy to the Substrate were trusted with many privileges. Yet in that laboratory he must have made his plans and carried them out. Now he would have to suffer the consequences.