Chapter 6 Summary

Kira returns to the Edifice and finds Matt and Branch waiting there for her as promised. Matt carries with him the bundle of things he has managed to save from the burning of Kira's home, and he offers to carry it to Kira's new quarters.

Jamison, the Guardian who defended Kira during her hearing, is waiting for her inside to take her to her room. Kira asks if Matt and Branch could help her carry her things to the room, and though he looks less than pleased, Jamison allows them to help. Jamison leads them through the Edifice to Kira's new quarters, and they are unlike anything Kira and Matt have ever seen.

Kira has lived in a dirt-floored hut with no window her entire life, sleeping on straw in the most modest of accommodations. Now, Jamison presents her with her new home...