In which Mary discovers the disreputable background of Paul's psychiatrist, she and Paul discuss the actual cause of his mental unbalance, and they read his mysteriously surviving novel about the Doomsday come and gone.

In which Lance and Brady discuss Paul's relationship with Mary, some of the extreme body modifications available in Skythia, and the challenge of getting into Skythia's top culinary school without good references.

In which Lorraine and the Sergeant discuss his plans to clone rare and extinct dangerous creatures and fight them, in a series of cage matches, to the death.

In which Paul and Brady meet coincidentally in the lobby of a psychiatrist's office and discuss disappointment, disassociation, and Skythia's radical, pro-active resident wellness program.

In which Lorraine and the Sergeant discuss his plans to clone rare and extinct dangerous creatures and fight them, in a series of cage matches, to the death.

In which Paul and Brady meet coincidentally in the lobby of a psychiatrist's office and discuss disappointment, disassociation, and Skythia's radical, pro-active resident wellness program.

In which Lance refutes Brady's paranoid suspicion that Skythia must have a dark underbelly or some secretly repressed group on board, and Paul has a panic attack so severe it results in an emergency medical response.

In which the Sergeant and Lorraine discuss the personal and political ramifications of living in Skythia.

In which Paul and Mary walk the circumference of Skythia while discussing the silence and distance still lingering about her, two weeks after the rescue at Denver.

In which Paul, Mary, and other survivors of the zombie outbreak begin going through Skythia's full orientation while waiting for their quarantine period to end before they are allowed into the city proper.