Daneel could never have expected that the most normal-seeming person in his retinue would be the one with the darkest past.
In all his memories of the man, he had always been smiling and jesting jovially.
Cassandra's past was similarly dark and sad, but for her, everything had happened in one grim stroke. Whereas, here, although it hadn't been confirmed, Daneel had a feeling that Aran was the kid who had been tortured for nine days straight.
It was just a feeling, initially, but in fact, when he thought about it, he realized that it was a logical conclusion that he had reached after remembering more details from what he had seen in the vision before.
Intending to confirm that, Daneel entered into the vision again, and paid more attention to everything around him.
