Part 3, Chapter 2 Honeycomb Home Summary

As the ship plunges in the time pit, it reaches the level where each passing day represents a year in the outside world. Quath explains that Argo is only safe because this is the largest black hole in the galaxy. Its huge mass generates tidal forces that keep Argo orbiting the disk. In the mass, Toby sees metal ribs and valleys that look constructed, not natural. Killeen confirms that humans must have built it. He tells Jocelyn to take them to a tiny, wavering dot of green light at the end of a peninsula. The green glow seems to swim up to them. The ship is absorbed through oily black walls into a honeycomb. There is nowhere else to go, and the ship's engines cease their throb. Suddenly the watch officer reports a noise in the main...