Chapter 14 Summary

Foyle awakens aboard the Vorga and Olivia Presteign is there. She tells him "This time, we picked you up." Foyle is stunned to learn Olivia steals her father's ships regularly. She believes they are a species set apart and she will not explain her motives. She hates regular humans because of her own condition. She hates receiving everything second-hand. Foyle spoils her fun because he is no longer the savage who would have enjoyed the attack with her. He wants nothing to do with her now and wants to go back to Earth.

Dagenham, Jisbella, Captain Y'ang-Yeovil and the Presteign all meet in the Presteign's star chamber. They discuss the problem with Gully Foyle and the fact that they cannot seem to pin him down. They also discuss the PyrE. Presteign has an epileptic seizure. He then reveals the secret of PyrE&mdash...