Benny is approached by a Rentali student named Janya, who thinks that Benny has influence with Braxiatel and can convince him to prevent the Thazkan Professor Stamis from speaking at the Collection. A thousand years ago, the beautiful Thazkans invaded the Rentali, and the Rentali, who thought of them as gods, accepted the killings of their people that the Thazkans maintained were necessary. Eventually, however, the Rentali realised that the Thazkans were gods, and, with the help of several other species, defeated the Thazkans and kicked them off the planet. For the next nine hundred years, the Thazkans and the Rentali have been at peace.