There are some things a program only learns from surviving one high-risk scenario after another. Yori isn't sure how to speed the acceptance process up for Calla, but she'd like to make it a nicer journey than her own.

"Stranded with no way out is exactly the time when the Users are most happy to sing to complete strangers, in my experience," she corrects from observation of the Moira crew. "When they don't have anything more urgent to do, singing makes some of them feel better." She glances up at the sky. "After we camp, we can ask around."