Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; By Dreams Surrounded Summary

Agents of the New Reformasi found Jala's safehouse just as he was leaving with Diane. The latter caught a bullet but made it back with Jala and two dozen members of Ina and En's family. As Tyler finds out, Diane's wound is only superficial. He feels strangely weak at the sight of the wound; Diane says that this feeling is related to his new "Fourth Age" state. He manages nonetheless to stitch up Diane's wound correctly, according to Ina.

Just as Diane is about to rest, gunshots erupt from the docks and the group is forced to retreat toward the freighter. The shooters are agents in governmental hired by the New Reformasi. The shooting continues and several gas tanks explode around...