 Pell is sent to Japan as a reward for making ace and, curiously, asks that Hunter and Pettibone accompany him.No one except Cleve realizes (or cares) that Pell is making them acolytes to undermine Cleve's authority.Cleve imagines Daughters' terror at being shot down, and in the realization of his own mortality, comes to believe that his salvation will be in killing Casey Jones.