Summary

The next morning they are traveling in a hired car toward Kampala. They take a bus from there to the northeast corner. Roland observes Michael transition back to being a poor African. The bus conductor holds a minute of prayer that they wouldn’t be killed on their journey. Roland thinks to himself how he could have found Wi-Fi in Entebbe and sent a message to NIIA. They sent him into a mess but told him nothing – not mentioning the speculation about U-235, Michael’s desertion and Interpol’s interest.

The bus travels at a fast clip 100 kilometers down both two and one-lane roads. Big lorries, coming at them with armed men allowed them half the road; their wheels sinking into the mulch. There are several accidents along the way. One accident completely stops their progress temporarily. They arrive in Arua and...