Kihel Heim and Loran accompany Kihel's mother home on an airship. On the way there, they are told their arrival will be delayed due to the need to detour around a battlefield that has erupted below. Loran notices a familiar plane flying in the skies near the airship - it's Meishie's plane, with Sochie Heim in the pilot's seat. Loran jumps out of the airship, onto Meishie's plane and goes with them. On the battlefield, Poe Aijee confronts Meishie, who is making a futile attempt to break into the cockpit of one of Dianna Counter's mobile ribs, and takes her as a hostage...