"What did you say? The Green Lantern Corps was destroyed because of me?"
After listening to Kyle's halting account, Shane sprang to his feet.
Wearing two Power Rings, Kyle had to use his green light from time to time to forcibly suppress the rage brought on by the red light. Agitated by Shane's reaction, he hurriedly closed his eyes and took several deep breaths.
The rage of the red light needed no reason. That scarlet energy burned away at every Red Lantern's reason, every moment of every day.
Someone like Kyle Rayner, who could still explain things calmly, was truly rare.
And he even apologized.
"Sorry, I wasn't precise enough with my wording. But the initial unrest really did start because of you."
According to Kyle, when he first arrived on Oa in this universe, he had not noticed the turmoil beneath the surface.
At the time, Hal Jordan had just completed a routine extraterrestrial patrol and returned to Oa to report on his mission.
Usually, after reporting in, Hal would return to Earth for a while, until Oa sent him another message.
It was the same for every Green Lantern, essentially home leave for members of a cosmic police force.
That leave was Hal's time to return to Earth, return to the Justice League, and fulfill his responsibilities as one of Earth's superheroes. But this time, a surprise awaited him.
The Guardians of the Universe told him that three Green Lanterns, supposedly from other universes, had suddenly appeared on Oa.
And all of them were Earthlings.
They were Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner, and John Stewart.
Hal was thrilled. It meant he now had a group of fellow Earthlings in the cosmic organization that was the Green Lantern Corps, who would have his back no matter what.
"The Earthling crew,