Chapter 10, The Ring Floor Summary

The stasis field has protected the crew during the crash, and now the Liar is nearly upside down on the surface. Fearlessly, Teela rushes outside. Louis follows, putting on his space suit to check the air. When he gets outside, he finds the air is breathable, but lectures Teela on her carelessness. The ship lies in a long gully created by its crash. The edges are lava, melted by the ship's crash and then hardened again. The bottom is the slippery core material of the ring. Louis goes to climb the lava in his protective suit, and Teela carelessly follows barefoot. Louis, instead of warning her, lets her burn herself and drop down to the bottom of the crater as a lesson. Teela pouts about his treatment of her.

Outside of the crater, Louis sees that they...