[MARIS BUILDING 1-2] Lydia and Delphia are in the Sodality HQ, staring at a matte-grey, odd helmet on a table. Lydia says it was built to Maris' specifications, despite its unimpressive appearance. She asks what it's for, and Delphia says that that's a "need to know" kind of question.
[KESTREL INTERSTITIAL] Yvenne arrives on the Leviathan, in Kestrel's quarters, clearly a wreck. Kestrel wants to know if everyone is OK, especially Meyers. Kestrel is somewhat less impacted by the news that Yvenne expected her to be. "Phoenix was dead from the moment they hulled her, but I'm sorry the baby didn't make it." Yvenne lets her know that Maris wasn't entirely truthful, but she doesn't know exactly what happened.
[MARIS BUILDING 3] Maris sits dejected on the floor of the eugenics lab, covered in blood. Looking at Phoneix' ruined body, she gets a haunted look in her eye, and proceeds to remove Sparrow's foetus and slice it up to preserve genetic material. Some she puts on ice in the lab, some she takes with her.
[TORRENT COLOR] Flashback: After Maris left, Torrent is walking in the dark on the beach, as are Crow and Lycelle, elsewhere. Torrent experiences Phoneix' last moments through his psychic link. He blasts out his distress to Frost and Crow. We see Torrent kneeling in despair on the beach, and Crow sobbing, "she's dead" to Lycelle.
[KESTREL COLOR] Kestrel lies awake in bed, reviewing information about the situation on her tablet. She flicks back to a family photo of her with Phoenix, and tries to will herself to feel, but feels nothing. She is envious of Yvenne's luxury to be emotional.
[MARIS INTERSTITIAL] Maris arrives on the Leviathan, and throws herself at Kestrel's feet. They have an emotional conversation that I can't adequately record here! Kestrel tells Maris that she's still her sister, and still loves her. "Aren't you even... angry?" Kestrel says she doesn't have the luxury of being angry, and secures Maris' promise of support. Maris leaves her the box with Sparrow's DNA. "We don't always have to accept that our fate is final."
[CROW COLOR] Crow is lying with his head in Lycelle's lap. "Marry me," she says. "Why are you asking me that now?" "You need me, and Avarine needs us. I will take the right of rule away from Kestrel, and you will help me rule."
[YVENNE INTERSTITIAL] Yvenne meets with Delphia and gets a fuller picture of what happened in the eugenics lab. She becomes convinced that Maris' actions were rash, but Sparrow's death was unintended.
[QUINN INTERSTITIAL] Quinn brings Torrent and Frost to meet with Farouk. Torrent seems distracted, Frost delighted. "So, she's dead." Torrent assures Farouk that that doesn't change anything between them. Torrent establishes a psychic connection with Quinn. He sends a short message to Maris: "I know what happened; please come home."
[YVENNE BUILDER] Yvenne meets Rabbit, who sells her some manufacturing parts that fell off a truck. She outfits her manufactory to produce Vaylen detectors.
[KESTREL BUILDER] Kestrel meets with her war council. "We are allies with the Mundus now." She tries to convince them to ambush the Vaylen likely to come for Locke's ship. Posters have gone up in the street, with the Mundus symbol: THE VAYLEN THREAT IS REAL. WE STAND TOGETHER. The Hammer Lords agree to help out.
[TORRENT INTERSTITIAL] Torrent meets with Maris. They have an epic argument that I was too close to to relate well! Torrent tells Maris about his very bad plan to ally with the Vaylen. She spits in his face when she finds out he was "riding along" while she slept with Locke. Torrent accuses her of book-learning, and she rebuts that she touched the frightened child locked in Locke's skull when she was in there. Choice quotes: TORRENT: "You sleep well, with your murder of infants on your conscience."/MARIS: "They will *farm* children on your island." MARIS: "I only regret that I will be dead or hulled before they strap you down, screaming, and put a worm in your head."
[YVENNE BUILDER] Yvenne starts manufacturing Vaylen detectors!
[MARIS COLOR] Maris is in her cell late at night, reading the final words of the Revelation of Aisha: "Remember that the Womb is the Earthly symbol of the Wheel. The great chain of being goes on, even though we do not. Though our fates are limited, the fate of humanity is not. Liberate yourselves, my sisters. Accept that your fate is final."
MANEUVER ROLL: HUMAN FLAK VS. VAYLEN ASSESS: HUMANS WIN. The slaves fall back under the coordinated assault of the nobles, awaiting leadership.
MARIS' SQUAD: Thelema, Oleanna, Nereia, Terpsichore
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