Chapter 14, Interlude, with Sunflowers Summary

Louis, Speaker, and Teela land. Louis tries to convince Speaker to contact the natives, pretending to be gods, to get help moving the Liar to where they can launch into space. Speaker will be the god, Teela and Louis his servants, and Nessus will be a demon. He says they need Nessus to use his tasp to provide reward to the natives. Speaker riles at the idea of allowing Nessus back into the party and refuses.

Meanwhile, Teela is annoyed because Louis laughed at her horror at what the puppeteers did. She goes off to cry under a waterfall in a cold pond. Louis follows her out and jumps into the unexpectedly cold water. They swim to shore, and Louis apologizes. He tries to convince her to let Nessus back into the group, and she also refuses...