Shane was a little surprised, because what Mongul had just said fell outside the scope of their interrogation.
Surely this guy hadn't developed Earth's Stockholm syndrome too?
Mongul had no idea what Shane was thinking. He merely turned his bloodstained eyes toward the Power Rings on Kyle Rayner's hand.
The green one.
"While you were unconscious, before that powerful Green Lantern sent the Survivors away, he replaced the Power Ring on your hand."
Kyle raised his hand in astonishment.
He hadn't even felt Hal Jordan tampering with his Power Ring.
"Why would Hal swap Power Rings with me?"
"No, it wasn't a swap."
Mongul struggled to describe the scene.
"It looked more like he separated a Power Ring from his own hand. Then that ring flew into yours and vanished."
Kyle was even more baffled. He stared at the Green Lantern ring on his hand and tried activating its energy several times, but found no obvious changes. What had Hal done that for?
To leave a message? A signal?
Shane rose thoughtfully and held out a hand to Kyle.
"If you don't mind, could you let me take a look?"
Jason, who considered himself fairly familiar with Shane, was stunned by the request.
Even Shazam, who had finally regained consciousness at some point and shuffled over to the others, pressed a hand to his forehead.
"You know about Green Lantern rings too? How come I never knew you were a cosmic scholar?"
Shane replied irritably.
"Don't you remember that I had a Yellow Lantern ring for a while? I even confiscated the entire Sinestro Corps' Power Rings. I've still got a few of those things in my trophy collection."
Of course, he hadn't actually been all that interested in studying them. During his time with a Yellow Lantern ring, he