[Cloud flipped the pages a few more times then stuck the book under his arm.] I don't know... I haven't seen any of the... symptoms I was describing in the memory. [Not yet, anyway.] ...but the memory crystals seem to work exactly the opposite way that mushi does.

[He looked over sharply at Sniper's half-asked question, his mind completing the sentence--'in the cocoons'.] I... heh. I have no idea. [A half-swallowed sigh.] ...it's one theory. Not exactly a comforting one...