How It All Goes Down
Lyda (Nine)
- Lyda has Cot #9; she's living with the mothers.
- She also has Freedle, and she's been training very hard to fit in with the mothers.
- But Illia isn't doing too well. She's a lot like Bradwell… except she's definitely a goner.
- Lyda gets to see her one last time, and she tells Illia that the seed of truth is in good hands—by the way, the seed of truth is the collection of black boxes.
- Just as she's about to die, Illia says, "If I'd had a daughter…" (30.23)
- She dies, which we see coming. But it's still sad.
- Lyda thinks about Partridge again, and thinks about how she might be erased from his memory.