In Farkin's mind, all was silence. The crystalline structures that had chained his memory together, and that had archived the hundreds of Sacred Songs learned from old Woodrow, were broken. Random images appeared to him: the faces of his wife and children, the smile of the Mandolian woman,red and yellow flowers. But they were disconnected, meaningless, and lacking the sound that had underlain all of his experience- the Old Songs that were like a soundtrack to his life. He was in a half-world of shadows.

The Terran gazed at the Ice Giant's distorted face, and called his name again. Although his helmet had been reattached and new liquid nitrogen bottles inserted in the Coldsuit, it appeared that they had been too late. To the Terran, it appeared that their was no life remaining in the figure. In a Terran, this would certainly be called death, but who knew what death was to a creature such as this?

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After the two women left the nursery, Cartoosh went to work picking the locks. Soon he and the Trid were inside, and loading the plants into a large tub. Just before placing a lid on the tub, Billy was startled by a voice singing

Won't you tell me Sean O'Farrell
Tell me why you hurry so?

The Trid stared into the tub, a smile transfixed in his face. Billy sang "hush me bouckle, hush and listen", and after a second, the plant responded "and his face was all aglow." Billy laughed with glee as he and Cartoosh bounded through the Ternian forest on their way back to the city. "We've got to find a safe place to hide these, then we'll contact the Disneyites."