Summary

Chapter 9

Peter reads one of the letters that Bea sends him, talking about how the replacement pastor isn't doing as good a job as Peter could. She continues to express how much she misses him, but reminds him that God needed them to be separated for this period of time, and that she has her own mission to attend to locally. Peter writes back about how he misses her, not only emotionally, but physically as well. He ends his letter and drives out with Grainger back to the Oasan village, officially designated as C-2, and unofficially called Freak Town.

Peter and Grainger speak a little more about the planet. Peter asks about animals, and she tells him it mostly seems to be bugs, although the missing linguist once talked about seeing birds. Peter asks more about the missing priest and linguist, and Grainger...