Somewhere below decks, Amanda and Brittany are sharing a shower neither of them remembers turning on. The crew watches on monitors and evaluates. What the entity they serve actually wants is a mind that still pushes back, and Sara and Kara have spent the entire voyage doing exactly that in the ship’s library, chasing whale prophecies and binding rites down a trail the crew planted for them. A hidden note sends Sara deeper into the ship alone. Kara stays behind with a knife and a deadline and the growing suspicion that following the breadcrumbs and walking into the trap are the same thing.