Chapter 2 Summary

The C Cube's can unintentionally breaches the surveillance technology in the Lower Elements, where the fairies dwell underground. This causes a citywide lockdown, and after subduing her current prisoners, Captain Holly Short rushes to Police Plaza. Mr. Foaly, a centaur in charge of their technology, enters with an armful of disks, explaining that he advised Chairman Cahartez to initiate the lockdown on the basis of these readings; they have been pinged, meaning they have been detected by a human. Foaly does not know who since the pinge only lasted several seconds, was untraceable and had no recognizable signature; however, it downloaded information from all of their surveillance cameras. It came from nowhere, and Foaly has no knowledge of this kind of technology so he is unsure whether it is human. He suggests that the best-case scenario is that this person can learn all...