Summary

They're taken to a gathering of thousands of proovs, where Ryter is waiting for them. They're being held on trial because many proovs want them to be banished. Little Face is missing, but it's implied that he's with Bree and that he's safe. Lanaya is also on trial for her part in bringing them there. The Masters of Eden oversee the proceedings. Lanaya argues that she is merely saving their lives because they saved hers and tells the whole story. Lanaya accuses the proovs of looking down on the normals and selling them probes to destroy them. She insists that genetic improvements were supposed to make them smarter and better able to survive, but Bean, Ryter, and Spaz prove that isn't true. The proovs are angry and leave. The masters tell her she may be able to change things someday...