In which Er Thom hears Anne calling.
The chapter epigraph lays out, bluntly, how much of a leap into the dark Er Thom is making in choosing to go with Anne: if he leaves the clan to follow her, he leaves everything.
There’s an intriguing bit of worldbuilding in one of the incidental details in this chapter: what kind of place is the Academy of Music on Terra, that it has marksmanship as a required course of study?
PA: what kind of place is the Academy of Music on Terra, that it has marksmanship as a required course of study? I agree, that seems pretty far-fetched; however, if this is not the current Terra, I’m sure circumstances have shown it to be necessary.