"I don't think so?" He rested his chin on a closed hand. "We have started looking into the crystals and why they function the way they do, but nothing that would have changed the very nature of them." At least, not intentionally, if some of them had accidentally done something they shouldn't have.

"But still, I apologize on behalf of Jessie and the others that your arrival did not go as smoothly as possible. I really hope they have an explanation for this."