Ah... that was Phesbe. The Irakka killed all the humans, during their war with the Varrs. You saw me treating Cobweb, he was actually a prisoner of war, sort of. They wanted to breed with him but didn't know how and he was too gravely injured. We did get him home. Took him with us when we left, and he did appreciate it later.

[ That should be all the explanation necessary, he thinks, unless Adam has more questions. The one the human asks is harder to answer. Pell doesn't quite understand the situation, or the magic he felt in the memory. ]

You were in a forest with several others, and a man with a gun. He was going to kill one, but you said you "sacrificed yourself" and then... that isn't quite what happened. Did the forest protect you?