Takeko came up to lay a bunch of flowers on his chest. "They smell sweet," she said. "Courage such as yours smells sweet in the nostrils of heaven."
"Thank you, Ma'am," Felix said. He turned his head to follow the girl as she took a second handful of flowers to place it beside the fountain that jetted about the head-standing Daibutsu. "I can see where this will be a popular planet to do duty on, Lieutenant," he said. "What you discovered here will pretty well wipe out the Brotherhood."
"You're right," Hartford said. "The Brotherhood is doomed."
They watched as Takeko knelt before the inverted image. "Namu Amida Butsu," she said. "All men are the same in the sight of Amida, the Lord of Boundless Light."
"Maybe I'm wrong, Lieutenant," Felix said. "Maybe the Brotherhood just got started."