Mike somehow appears in the temple, bound in front of the flames next to Hsui Tai. Finding just the crashed glider and Mike's jaunting band, John telepathically contacts his friend, and Mike tells him that he is in the temple, where the monks think he is Kishnu. Hsui Tai picks up the telepathy, and Mike tries to persuade her to leave the temple, but she refuses, instead going into a meditative trance. Tim tracks Mike's co-ordinates, and John remarks that he will jaunt there with a jaunting band and a matter transporter for Hsui Tai, but the Sage overhears the conversation between Mike and Hsui Tai, and confronts Mike, telling him to leave without Hsui Tai. John arrives and overpowers the Sage, and he and Mike take Hsui Tai back to the Lab. After a while Hsui Tai comes out of her trance, but refuses to believe that she is not a god. After some of the monks become afraid and want to leave the temple, the Sage decides to find Hsui Tai and Mike and complete the re-birth ceremony. John and