The Sylvest twins' resistance to being weaponized as components in Azmael's planetary migration scheme despite their intellectual prowess and ethical objections

The abducted prodigies Romulus and Remus corner Azmael in the freighter, dismantling his authority with personal attacks that reveal their understanding of his past. Azmael deflects with hollow authority but …

Azmael welcomes Peri, Lang, and the Doctor into his laboratory only to be undermined by Noma’s insistence on reporting to Mestor. Her open defiance fractures his already shaky command, forcing …

Cornered in the federal laboratory, Azmael abandons pretense and lays bare his genocidal plan to Romulus and Remus. He outlines how Jaconda will enslave two entire worlds to solve its …