"Wait," Elara said, stepping back from the changed Tobias.
"If the Creator and Devourer are the same being, then who killed my parents?" Tobias froze. His inhuman smile faltered. "What did you say?" he asked.
"My parents. You said the Devourer has been hunting my bloodline for ages. But something killed my parents when I was a baby."
"The Devourer killed them," Tobias said, but his voice was unsure now.
"No," baby Truth said suddenly. "He's lying." "I don't lie," Tobias snapped.
"You're not lying on purpose," baby Wisdom amended.
"But you're wrong." "How can I be wrong? I was there!"
"Were you?" baby Truth asked. "Or do you just remember being there?" Tobias's face went blank. "I... I remember..."
"False memories," Evelyn said, understanding. "Someone planted false memories in your mind." "But who?" Kael asked.
"The same people who really killed Elara's parents," baby Truth said.
"Who?" Elara asked. "Us," a new voice said from the doorway. Everyone turned.
