Toby talks to Besen in the cafeteria. In the past week, Argo has covered a lot of distance, fleeing toward the True Center and away from the mechs. Quath advises caution, saying the mechs have been obsessed with the True Center for centuries.
Toby knocks weevils out of his grain. It has been years since Erica let the squirming creatures out of their vial, but everyone curses her daily. Toby has sympathy for her, instead. None of the Bishops could read the vial's arcane inscription. It was just bad luck that Erica was in the grain dome instead of the fruits and vegetables dome when she dropped it. It could have happened to anyone.
Toby is reminded that although Argo is a grand legacy.....
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