Part 5, Chapter 1 The Pain of Eternity Summary

Toby awakes feeling tired but clean. His wounds hurt less now as they heal. He has the Shibo chip in his carrypouch. He knows that shreds of the Personality might remain within him, but he does not detect any. Toby knows it is foolish to try to raise Quath's signal but the desire to do so is almost overwhelming.

Something comes over the horizon and vectors in on him. Toby fires at it and misses. It burns his ride side in a second. Toby catches it with his next shot, and it falls burning. Toby is disgusted to find that he shit his pants, but the injury to his right arm is more important. He learns to use his weapon to slice the timestone, checking the different Lanes. Some lead to vacuum, or...