Some things don’t change very easily, even over thousands of years. People still let “leaders” become masters. Picking which slave driver cracks the whip at you isn’t freedom, dear readers. The people from Zoz have learned this lesson, but the Zernabians didn’t. They were apathetic to Elcyra’s rise to power, and now they are her prisoners.

This does not bode well for relations between Zoz and Zernabia. The second ship hits the first, as Zik looks on in regret at a situation that spiraled out of control very quickly!