body-transformation

Mark endures solitary confinement, grappling with guilt over the unintended casualties of his mission and obsessively attempting to regain weight to avoid being used as a brain-transplant host for Miles. He experiences deep psychological turmoil, reflecting on the value of lives lost and his complex feelings toward clones and Miles. Eventually, he is taken by Quinn and Bothari-Jesek to a secret meeting with Captain Simon Illyan of Imperial Security in Komarr orbit, setting the stage for critical developments.