Have the colonists on each planet retained awareness of the other group?
...They're so close that even in the absence of radio it might be possible to communicate via semaphore mirrors.
Also, it's entirely possible that the Scour lifeforms are derivatives of Iden's, via microbes tossed around by meteor impact.
--Sam
"And so he says, 'I don't like the cut of your jib.' And I go, I says, IT'S THE ONLY JIB I GOT, BABY!!!!!"
...They're so close that even in the absence of radio it might be possible to communicate via semaphore mirrors.
Also, it's entirely possible that the Scour lifeforms are derivatives of Iden's, via microbes tossed around by meteor impact.
--Sam
"And so he says, 'I don't like the cut of your jib.' And I go, I says, IT'S THE ONLY JIB I GOT, BABY!!!!!"