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S1 E5 - The Heart of the Web

S1 E5 - The Heart of the Web

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 There's one key to survival—and they've stolen it. Episode written by Yoon Ha Lee. The Vela is a Realm production. Listen away. For more shows like this, visit realm.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Asala and Nico have discovered the reason the Vela was taken over and docked at the refugee camp. But, no sooner do they locate it than security shows up to escort them to ... someone new. There, they are told a story that raises many questions for Asala and causes her to begin to question Nico's presence on their mission. Before she can make a decision, Asala needs to speak to the President. She also needs to verify if what they were told about the tech is actually real. But in order to do those things, she and Nico first have to survive.

I am really enjoying this method of listening to a story, with it told in episodes like a television show. It also helps me to not listen to the entire story in one sitting. Broken up in podcast episodes in this manner, it is easier to limit myself to one episode a day - even when I really, really want to keep going.

Like Asala, I am unsure of the new leader that has shown up (I'm not sure how to spell her name). I also have questions about what Nico is really there for, particularly with some of the comments that Nico has made in earlier episodes. I don't know that them having an additional reason for being there necessarily makes Nico untrustworthy, but it definitely causes me to pause and consider their motivations.

As with any good television show, these episodes end on a bit of a cliffhanger in order to convince the listener to continue. Of course, having reached the midpoint of this season, I don't know that I would be able to stop listening, regardless of the presence of absence of a cliffhanger at the end of each episode. I am definitely looking forward to the next episode.

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