Patrick, the local Traveler, arrives and takes them to the library to find out about their friend Mark, whom they believe is on First Earth.

In the flume, on First Earth November 1, 1937, Courtney and Bobby run into a dado (a type of android) in ragged clothing.

Bobby agrees to join the Jakills after proving his skills against a group of Flighters (humanoids that attack Ibara relentlessly).

Saint Dane reveals that he is bringing an army of tens of thousands of dados to Ibara to make Veelox's second turning point a disaster.

Bobby and Siry barely escape on Skimmers, which are high speed boats from Cloral, brought by Saint Dane.

After sending them out early, the ships are destroyed by Flighters, and the threat of the impending army looms on the horizon.

In the final chapter, however, Saint Dane and his accomplice Nevva Winter speak on top of the Lifelight pyramid.

It is revealed that Saint Dane has more power in realizing the future of Halla than thought, and that Telleo is actually Nevva Winter in disguise.

This is a reference to the Tower of Terror film where a person named Dewey Todd is a bellhop who manages the elevator.

In the movie and the book, the elevator was struck by lightning and neither of them survive, just as the relationship between Gunny and Dodger developed.