The crew finds itself in one mess after another.
For a couple with a supposed on-again, off-again relationship of convenience, Pike and Batel spend an awful lot of time together, don’t they? Or at least they try to: As “Among the Lotus Eaters” opens, the two captains have carved out some time for a nice romantic dinner, but one thing after another gets in the way. First, they’re both very much in demand and keep getting hailed with questions.
It’s a big mess too, one that involves piloting a shuttle down through a rough atmosphere. It’s the perfect job for Ortegas, who is excited to join the landing part for once. “Most of the time, I fly the ship. Which is cool, but can get boring,” she tells her personal log, so it stings when Pike tells her she’s still needed up above, thanks to some unexpected obstacles.
from the field,” the class tasked with doing hard labor. That means focusing on the present, doing the work they’ve been assigned, and not pissing off the guards . And above all, it means dealing with the Forgetting. “We don’t lose the deeply held things,” Luke tells them. Everything else has to be preserved through body art.
Back on Kalar outside the palace, Pike again reflects on the keystone, which he connects to a feeling Luke defines as love, an emotion that even the Forgetting can’t erase. Luke ought to know. Something in his past was so painful that he inked over the markings on his arm that contain the story of his past. And, frankly, he’s fine with it, at least for now. That might not be the right choice, but on theapproach to life is being proven out, at least in part.
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