In space, Early is on time. Bill takes another step towards his dream of opening his own café and Julie gets an understudy, while the Grenouthian director has his eyes on an award for a documentary about the settlement of Earth Two, made with help from the retirees of Flower's Paradise. The nascent Human Empire's School of Government is finally launching, and Samuel drafts his alien friends and colleagues to teach a seminar. The classically trained faculty members from Earth struggle to adjust to the realities of the tunnel network, and Ambassador Zerakova's daughters find that teaching about culture is less fun than living it.