Aris alone

Panna and Karuna detect movement in the forest and discuss the urgency of sending information to the dome’s inhabitants, the Not-we. When Karuna reveals Aris has returned in distress and …

The Mara, speaking through Tegan’s borrowed form, exploits Aris’s grief and desperation by offering to free his captive brother in exchange for servitude. Tegan’s manipulation escalates from mockery of telepathy …

With the Mara’s influence now complete, Aris is no longer resisting the entity’s control. He lays Tegan’s body gently but deliberately to the ground, marking his final rejection of human …