Daniel Graystone faces his rival, Tauron industrialist Tomas Vergis, while Sister Clarice closes in on Zoe's avatar program.

Daniel is beginning to suspect that Zoe-Avatar is in the robot, but his pleas for his daughter to reveal herself go ignored. In an effort to flush her out, he launches a campaign of psychological torture, resulting in escalating tests that force Zoe into a choice she cannot take back.