Part 5, Concussion (Chapters 46-63) Summary

Dennie is ignoring Sah'ot, Toshio has taken command, and Sah'ot is stuck monitoring the probe, depressed until he recognizes the complex syncopated song of the planet itself. In Chapter 47, out on guard duty, Haoke tries to provoke Moki to fight, but joins him in carrying out orders to intercept Keepiru and Gillian, whose sled lures them away from Streaker. In Chapter 48, Takkata-Jim occupies the captain's cabin for the symbolism and thinks about the fame that will come if he rescues Streaker. He is frustrated to hear that Gillian is back aboard and Keepiru has collected equipment and gone out again. He summons Metz to a meeting and wishes he had vicious K'tha-Jon around. Takkata-Jim had hoped to put this off 40 hours.

In Chapter 49, Tom in a crude cave puts himself into a trance, preparing for the loudest...