Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; Hospitality Summary

The cab takes Tyler and Diane to a village outside Padang where they are greeted by Ibu Ina, a doctor who own a small medical clinic just outside the town. Tyler feels really sick. He lies down in a bed in a little room and falls asleep. When he wakes up, Diane is gone. He gets to talk to Ina who explains that she is Jala's ex-wife. They talk about Wun Ngo Wen, the Martian ambassador; Ina mentions that she has great respect for the man and that he is considered as a God by many Indonesians.

En, who is the ten-year-old son of Ina's nephew, lives in the town. He can speak a little English and wants to be a doctor one day. Ina...