Metcalfe bids Elspeth goodbye. The Arbiters contemplate their future, and worry over the new power in their midst. Sestus and Carson make decisions about the future. And Fournier makes ominous recommendations to his bosses.

It all comes down to this: What do you do with a homicidal, all-powerful machine?

Eleusis uses Sestus, Carson and Elspeth in a mad experiment to control Metcalfe.