A rare opportunity opens and the time for Cassian and his fellow inmates to act is now.
Plot[]
By breaking a water pipe and flooding his work floor, Cassian disables the floor's security system, allowing work crews there to overpower the few guards and escape. Kino uses the prison's intercom system to encourage other floors to escape and the rebellion sweeps through the entire prison. Despite his role in the escape, Kino reveals that he can't swim and must remain in the prison surrounded by water. Cassian swims with the other escapees and reaches land. Mon meets with Davo Sculdun, a shady businessman who offers to help finance her projects, but Mon refuses after Davo requests that Mon arrange a meeting between her daughter and his son, an initial step towards marriage in Mon and Davo's Chandrilan culture. Lonni, secretly an informant within the ISB, meets Luthen and updates him on the ISB's activities. The two men reflect on how they are both trapped in their roles.