Cully's internal struggle to reconcile his pacifist upbringing with the need to resist the Dominators' tyranny.

In the claustrophobic confines of the survey unit, Cully presses Zoe to acknowledge the violent assault they just endured—a moment that shatters the Dulcians’ complacent belief in their planet’s invulnerability. …

In the museum, Cully seizes a moment of opportunity to fire on the Quarks with a laser rifle, his pacifist principles shattered by the Dominators’ invasion. Just as he lines …