The man was shaking, that name, Manadar, only two knew it. Could it be a coincidence? The lightning bolt that shocked his body when that creature uttered it and the horrible feeling of familiarity from its subsequent words, the look upon its furred face, these facts were growing undeniable. The truth was growing undeniable. There were still possibilities though, the creature could have been watching, the meeting could have been recorded somehow. Perhaps it made its home on that planet? Fury dismissed these things immediately, he was not such a sceptic. He knew what he felt.

His eyes drew down to the creature on the ground before him, and for the first time in his life he had no idea what to do. As if the weight of it all had brought him low, he too dropped to the ground, on one knee. Disbelief was written on that grim visage, and as Fury struggled with what to say, or do, or even how to understand, his instinct took over.

“You’re Kanitah, aren’t you?” He looked down as he said it, but then his head rose and his eyes briefly burned. "But I killed you..."