Jocasta and Charley conduct some on-the-ground human intelligence gathering in Cairo.

Operation summary report from ALLOCHTHON central command for the morning of Wednesday, October 10, 1973.

Jocasta communes with the Great Lynx.

A review of where things stand in the Cold War against the Kings as of Tuesday, October 9, 1973.

Archie and Marshall blanket the Columbus noosphere with patriotic memetics to sedate a nervous populace • Jocasta tells Charley what she’s learned about southern Illinois • Charley investigates the Kincaid mounds • And invents motion-detection technology • Then she travels into the Deep Astral • Mitch bears witness to a mass proxy baptism, of sorts

Jocasta and Charley arrive in scenic Cairo (pronounced “KAY-ro”), Illinois, where they engage in some preliminary research and investigation.