A veteran Synthian spy, Beie Chohooan hides in an extinct comet's tail and observes the fearful fighting above the planet Kithrup. She condemns the artless slaughter and constant betrayals among the combatants and her own people's timid caution in fighting alongside Earthlings. She is touched whenever her tiny, tarsier-like Wazoon clients sacrifice themselves to save her ship from destruction. She tells the survivors that it is proper to feel loss, to care, and to mourn.