140 A Test(1)

The experience of having his mind, his spirit, his very soul taken away from his body, leaving it with no protection whatsoever, no safety, no physical shall to rely on would have been daunting and terrifying…

… if Daneel already hadn't gone through it multiple times on Angaria.

On his home island, there had been many instances where such a thing had happened to him. Sometimes, it had happened by design and had always resulted in him emerging with a trump card that no one could have seen coming. In others, it happened without him anticipating it, and even then, he always returned with something he could use.

In short, what was happening hadn't taken him out of his element, at all, except for the fact that it had happened so abruptly. In just the few moments that it took for his consciousness to adjust to where it had been taken, he had pondered on the old man's words and realized that he was once again embroiled in a prophecy that he knew nothing about.