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Driven by an innate desire to procreate, Tritt, the " Parental " of the triad, at first asks Odeen to persuade Dua to facilitate the production of the third child.

When this fails, Tritt steals an energy-battery from the Pump and rigs it to feed Dua.

She accepts it, as it coincides with her finally being taught by Odeen about physics ( which violates the gender norms of this society-Odeen consulted his hard-teacher about the problem of the third child, the teacher encouraged him to go with her abnormalities ).

Filled with this energy, the triad mates, and Tritt becomes pregnant with their last child.

Dua discovers this betrayal and escapes from her family to the caves of the hard ones where she is able to melt through the walls ( which is possible because she retained her thinness by eating little in general ).

Once there she begins a guerilla campaign to stop the Pump, transmitting the alternative messages that Lamont received in the first section.