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=== Chapter 16 ===
[[Morriumur]] and [[Spensa]] enter a cafeteria, and Morriumur tells Spensa a little more of how their species' reproduction works, and they argue about the hypocrisy of the [[Superiority]]. Morriumur tells Spensa
=== Chapter 17 ===
[[Spensa]] crouches by the door, listening to [[Winzik]] and the [[dione]]'s conversation, when [[M-Bot]] tells her he can enhance her bracelet's auditory reception capabilities so she can better listen to the conversation. He does so, and Spensa hears another dione, named [[Tizmar]], arguing with Winzik over the ethics of using live [[Starfighter#Destructors|destructor]] fire on untrained pilots, telling him there were a dozen casualties. Spensa feels a mind pressing against her own, and hears another official ask why [[Brade]] is standing up, alert. Spensa realizes Brade can sense her too, so she scrambles back to the cafeteria and sits down back at her table just before Winzik comes in and stares straight at her. A dione official comes up to their table some time later and informs Spensa and [[Hesho]] they will be in a flight together, along with Brade and a cinnamon-smelling [[figment]] named [[Vapor]]. [[Morriumur]] is left in a flight of his own until Spensa argues with the official, who gives in and allows Morriumur to join their flight. The group splits up, and M-Bot tells Spensa he has partially succeeded in lying, he tripped his security alarms to stop a group of engineers from inspecting him. Spensa comes to the conclusion that if she can't steal a [[Superiority]] hyperdrive, maybe she can steal one of their [[cytonics]], Brade, by telling her of [[Detritus]] and a group of humans who would appreciate her flying abilities.
=== Chapter 18 ===
[[Spensa]] returns to the embassy, and tells [[M-Bot]] she only got into the [[Superiority]]'s military by the skin of her teeth, nearly losing her cool like [[Gul'zah]]. M-Bot asks her if she has skin on her teeth, to which Spensa responds no, then wonders where the metaphor comes from. M-Bot tells her it is from an English version of the Bible, an old version of the Book of Saints, read commonly on [[Earth (Skyward)|Old Earth]]. Spensa pets [[Doomslug]], who recognizes Spensa through her [[Alanik]] hologram, which leads Spensa to wonder if [[Vapor]] recognizes her as a human. Spensa turns off the lights and takes of her bracelet so she can be herself, and gets in the cleaning pod to bathe. M-Bot tells her Alanik's people have sent back an encrypted message asking to speak with Alanik. Spensa tells M-Bot to send an encrypted message back saying that Alanik will contact them when she is healthy, and that for the time being, Spensa is carrying out her mission. Spensa asks M-Bot if he tell her what the people down in the street are talking about, and he tells her they talk about normal things, like daycare, dinner, and their pets. Spensa tells M-Bot she's going to perform maintenance on him, so she begins working on him. She then asks him how he learned about the Bible and Old Earth, and he tells her that the Superiority has lots of information on Old Earth in their databases. Spensa asks him to tell her about Pine Leaf, one of the stories [[Becca Nightshade|Gran-Gran]] had told her. M-Bot tells it in a very factual, matter of fact way, unlike Gran-Gran's storytelling style. M-Bot then begins wondering if he's alive again, telling Spensa that the [[dione]] philosopher, [[Zentu]], proposed three conditions that indicated true life: growth, basic self-determinism, and the ability to reproduce. He so far has only met the first condition, and begins wondering if he can copy his code onto another ship, only to restart. M-Bot tells Spensa it would be too hard anyways, copying the code would be easy, but he would be too slow, because in his current state he uses FTL processors to calculate and make rapid decisions, but being in another ship would render him unable to do so. He tells Spensa that he has a cytoshield that blocks [[Starsight (station)|Starsight's]] cytoshield and allows his FTL processors to function on Starsight. While working on M-Bot's reflective underside, Spensa sees the eyes and a delver, so she scrambles away. Spensa then tells M-Bot the story of the man who lost his shadow: one day a writer lost his shadow, searched for it, lost interest, but eventually his shadow came back and having traveled the world, switched places with the man so he could travel the world, but refused to free the man and lived out his life, marrying a princess, becoming wealthy and famous. Spensa worries she already is the shadow. Spensa decides to sleep in M-Bot's cockpit, listening to the sounds of the people and traffic down below.
== Part Three ==
=== Interlude I-1 ===
[[Jorgen]] enters the [[DDF]] infirmary to check on [[Alanik]]. He reflects on his breaking of the DDF chain-of-command protocol, and asks for any updates from the doctor in the room. The doctor tells him everything seems
=== Chapter 19 ===
[[Spensa]] awakes to [[M-Bot]] warning of intruders downstairs, so she grabs her handheld destructor pistol and heads downstairs. M-Bot tells her the locations of the two intruders, and Spensa ambushes one of them, who drops a plate. The intruder claims to be a housekeeper sent by [[Cuna]]. The door chimes ring, and Spensa opens the door to see Cuna herself. Cuna confirms the story, and identifies the housekeepers as Mrs. [[Chamwit]] and her assistant. Cuna enters the embassy and they head to a meeting room. Cuna asks Spensa what she knows of the [[human wars]] and the
=== Chapter 20 ===
[[M-Bot]] tells [[Spena]] her shuttle will take her to the trade vessel [[Weights and Measures]], they also cover the species within Spensa's flight. M-Bot also tells Spenaa about the
=== Chapter 21 ===
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