In Arcadia, a child psychologist assesses Giacomo and discovers there’s something very different about him. Lee is pulled out of a plastic surgery procedure by officials and flown to Beijing to examine a Homesteader’s corpse. Officials believe that the real world is conspiring to introduce death into Arcadia. In the real world, Valentin confronts Lee about his illegal midnight calls to his suicidal daughter Coral in Arcadia.
This one jumped around and was a bit confusing. We open with Giacomo being interviewed by a psychologist who determines there's something wrong about him. Okay.... but, in the first installment I was under the impression he was Doral's little brother, yet in this issue he's her son. Curious.
Then we hop to Dr. Paul Garner who is collected by some super secret government types and transported someplace.
Next we jump to Lee, who's just inherited the job of overseeing all of the Alaska servers and the minds within. He's blackmailed by the Russian for a better office because he know's about Lee's illegal communications with his daughter in Arcadia.
Then we jump to some random woman on the street observing a Homesteader. The Homesteader has some coding skills and produces a monster from the past then takes off.
Then we jump back to Coral, now a mother who gets picked up by the government.
Then back to Dr. Garner is now apparently in the Soviet Union where he's asked to study a Homesteader corpse. (This is now the real world.)
Back to Lee who tells Alice (the lady he inherited the job from) that he's been talking to his daughter. She's pissed, but seems to get over it pretty quickly.
Then we jump back to Coral who's told her brother/son is an illegal creation that she's unaware of.