Part 2, Chapter 9 The Cyaneans Summary

Argo creaks and groans under the gravitational forces pulling at it. Isaac says they remind him of a tide in a sea. Quath says according to her people's ancient texts, the Myriapodia have traveled into the disk, although they did not survive. Toby's Face Zeno tries to explain how the black hole warps space and time. As Toby tries to unravel the complexities of the black hole, Quath speaks directly into his mind, instead of using the comm line. She says, "Lower beings do not see the fundamental essence of the world, which combines space and time. Do not knit a knot of concern for this. Even the Myriapodia do not see space-time. We, too, divide it into the easier ideas of distance and duration." The Myriapodia form the cosmic string into a Cosmic Circle and toss...