"To them we are escapees, and will continue to be until they'll apprehend us all, or we'll become strong enough to repel them… Strength determines everything". Zax narrated to the Kin all that happened to him after his and Nulivs's first hunt, including the part about the cubes and the recorded content.
And yes, "Kin", is how he chose to officially label their group. Not survivors or escapees, New Earth's aboriginals or Ercas Mir's natives. From hereon they would be known in the First Valley and wherever next the future will lead them as the Kin.
A murky atmosphere followed the story. Everyone was relived to leave the awful Rakmon Penitentiary Star, but now they were stressed about what next, weakened from injuries, hidden and plain, from life in the Seventh Post. And then there was the
