With only a day before her self-appointed investigative mission, and only hours before her tour of the Winged Citadel, Tasha returns to the Melchior's cockpit. In their digital world, the two plan their strategy for approaching and investigating the Phantom, including covert approach pathways, potential dangers, emergency supplies and a number of trail runs. In all this, Tasha notices a curious change in her AI, an empathy and expression the machine had never displayed, leaving her to wonder if her machine is growing in ways other than learning to read her. The pair conclude when it's time for Tasha to be off, and soon she, Riddle Smith, and Doctor Eli Zerachiel are off o their way to the Winged Citadel. A majority of the tour was spent in the vast libraries, where Tasha and Eli work with the monks to locate topics of interest; Tasha with her Progenitor and mission map search, and Eli his his broader interests, including machine preservation, local area maps, and more.