Part 6 — Chapter 1

Summary

• The chapter starts on November 30, 2203, where two characters, Gaspery and Zoey, are navigating through a city known as Colony Two which is experiencing a pandemic that's set to claim at least 5% of the population.
• Escaping a lockdown enforcement patrol, the two hide in an abandoned restaurant.
• Zoey critiques Gaspery for breaking a significant protocol to warn Olive Llewellyn, a character whose safety seems significant to him, and explains that his actions didn’t immediately impact the Time Institute.
• While his time travel privileges haven’t been revoked due to his potential usefulness to the Time Institute, Zoey advises Gaspery to remove his tracking device and avoid returning home.
• Zoey also reveals she must leave, but promises to try and visit Gaspery in this timeline.
• Requesting advice, Gaspery asks Zoey what she would do if she were in his situation to which she replies, with hesitation, that she might try to solve the anamoly.
• Providing possible assistance, Zoey provides Gaspery with new coordinates. She suggests he wait in the forest as they only know the place and day, not the exact time.
• Upon entering the codes into his device, Zoey disappears leaving Gaspery alone in the doorway.
• Battling with his loneliness and the potential consequences of returning to his own time, Gaspery opts to focus on his investigation and finally leaves to follow the new destination Zoey suggested.