Back on Earth, Deryn wonders how long it took her to get to the moon. She's not sure if she's gotten everything out of Aechmea yet, but she does know that the goal of the lunarians is to get the prayer machine working so they can't take any of them away. Deryn wishes she could tell the others the truth about how long she was on the moon, but no one will believe her, because they're afraid that sensei isn't a tool, but a tool made by animals. If that happens, she won't be able to talk to anyone, because she'll be seen as an enemy. She decides that the first thing she should do is to find some of the technology that the moon has, so that she can rebuild all the people from the sand. If the moon doesn't have this technology, then maybe they can rebuild every single person from the ground, and get rid of the venom from the sea. If they do, she says, then they can build every person from sand, and maybe they'll have a chance to rebuild the entire moon from scratch. She wonders if the color on the surface of the moon is because of a camouflage membrane, or if it's because of some kind of lunar technology that's advanced enough to rebuild everyone from the moon's sand. She says that if the moon does have that technology, she'd like to rebuild all of them from scratch, and then maybe she can get the venom of the sea out of the ground. If not, she worries that she'