As much as Charlotte would have liked to wallow in her own misery, her innate professionalism kicked in. Knowing that Daniel was in a similar field didn't help. Exhaling slowly, she sat up a little as she formulated her answer. "I can't speak with any certainty, of course, but when we arrived, there were only a handful of us. Under fifty, all wearing the bracelet things." She waved her hand at him, showing hers off. "We couldn't find anything that told about the people who might have lived here, nothing that showed a history. Even after the fake people showed up, nothing about where they came from or who they were."

She laughed bitterly. "I'd have given my eyeteeth for some sort of artifact, but nothing."