As I had expected, Amarru contacted us soon after, baffled at the barrage of requests on the register. “You almost brought it down,” she said. “I need all of it that you don’t absolutely need for emergencies.” I explained to her what we planned. She listened, making a few suggestions along the way. Never once did she say that it was a silly idea or wouldn’t work. She just contributed her—very practical—thoughts about certain aspects. It was probably the human in me expecting opposition to the idea. Coldi went to work, no questions asked. And work, they did. Since we still didn’t get a reply from Dharma, my entire team scoured the news in search of information that indicated where he was and what he was up to. By the look of the image on Nicha’s screen, Nations of Earth had released

