Part 6, Scatter (Chapters 64-72) Summary

Creideiki speaks better than he listens. Sah'ot runs him through linguistic tests and another surgery helps. When Sah'ot tells him about the planet singing, Creideiki asks to listen. In Chapter 65, Gillian cannot wait for Hikahi to move Streaker. Toshio and Dennie will stay at the island as long as possible and then rendezvous at the wreck. If Tom survives, he will fly to the island. The others will be abandoned, as they wish. In Chapter 66, Akki, at dawn, wonders what genes are spliced into K'tha-Jon to make him a malevolent cannibal, first encounters the hunting Kiqui, and hears K'tha-Jon reacquire him on sonar. In Chapter 67, Keepiru narrowly avoids a torpedo fired by Moki and then maneuvers into position to counterattack with his cutting torch. In Chapter 68, Tom hides as three groups converge on the eggshell wreck. One...