Jin embraces Little Face as his own child. Bree decides she will help him choose a new name when he is a bit older. Spaz, Ryter, and Bean spend their days in Eden outside in the grass, which they refer to as “grasswalking.” Bean has grown strong again, and she and Spaz spend time together in the apple trees, picking and eating them straight from the tree and sharing stories from their lives apart. One day while they’re doing this, a skyvee approaches and two enforcer proovs get out and call for Spaz and his companions to come now, as the Masters have summoned them. Even though they come down willingly, they are body cuffed and treated as criminals.

After a flight in the skyvee, they arrive at a place called Stadium, which is drastically different from the crumbling concrete stadiums in the Urb and appears to be cut from the side of a hill with a spoon. Thousands of proovs assemble on the grass, and the trio’s handcuffs are removed so that they can stand in a smooth black circle at the bottom of the hill.