Jedao's attention goes back to Sasha when she mentions that Remi is hers: "Understood. Kujen told me once that most people whom he possessed went mad in short order, and he kept a 'supply' of compatible 'bodies.' He was powerful enough to arrange that, I suppose. I don't know the specifics. Sometimes he shared a body with someone long-term. As for the range, short of an empirical test I don't know."

A pause after Reshad's question, then: "I'm not sure what kind of backup you mean. I will say that it's not impossible Kujen wasn't the only one with the ability, but he guarded his secrets jealously. It was actually one of the reasons I negotiated with him, after he showed up and accused me of high treason in person."