Daneel reappeared in the cave where so many emotional things had recently happened, and the first thing he saw was that the old man, whom he still found it hard to believe was Emperor Fenoras, was enveloped in a shining white cocoon in which he appeared to be sleeping peacefully.
Ignoring him, though, Daneel crushed a trinket that was in the shape of golden lightning. Even though his master didn't really know what it was, he seemed to be a big fan of putting up appearances, because that was the one he had given in case he needed to contact him urgently.
He had reiterated that it should only be used in urgent situations, as there would only be so many times that his master would be able to drag himself away from his duties in the Church, whatever they were, to contact him after finding a safe place and a safe time which was not being monitored actively by the Church which was apparently quite paranoid about communication from the Mainland to anywhere beyond.
