The interpersonal tension between Panna and Karuna over the survival strategy for the Kinda, particularly regarding Aris’s evacuation and the delivery of the cursed vessel.

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 …

Panna ignores Karuna’s concerns about the gender of the recipient and insists the box be delivered despite Karuna’s unease about the danger. Karuna hands the sealed vessel to Sanders via …