Althea follows the Rainha until she finds the Rainha committing an unthinkable act. Meanwhile, Isra witnesses the brutal efficiency of Cytherean society at work.
Viekko, Isra, and Althea escape from the shuttle and dash back to the City's refineries in a desperate attempt to keep Halifaco from destroying...
A party commences at the *sala*. Althea watches the rest of the team becoming strangely entranced by Cytherean society. In the process Althea stumbles...