Part Three: Moving in Clades: Chapters Eight and Nine Summary

When Lindsay's mind begins to return, five years have passed. He tries to call out for help and two Shapers take him into the clinic. He is in the Tyler clan's mansion in the Republic. The doctor arrives and Lindsay recognizes Margaret Juliano, who had been put on ice by the Cataclysts many years earlier. She gives him a Look which he doesn't recognize and tells him that his recovery and return to himself has been long and difficult.

Now, the Constantine line is in trouble. Constantine himself suffered a protracted fugue state and by all standards, is dead. Skimmers Union lost its capital status, which Jastrow Station now enjoyed. Alexandrina had come to him every day, bringing him apples from the Tyler orchard. The Tyler mansion...